Research report Dec 1996
Citizen child: Australian law and children's rights
A collection of papers exploring the law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to a number of children's services areas.
Research report Dec 1996
A collection of papers exploring the law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to a number of children's services areas.
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article suggests that children are frequently left out of social policy and its analysis and, in the specific area of child protection policy, even though by definition it appears to be child oriented, adultist perspectives dominate.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
Family Matters article Sep 1997
Family Matters article Sep 1997
This article looks at changes to the Child Support Scheme. Aspects of the child support debate have centred on what was considered to be the unfair demands for financial support from non resident parents.
Policy and practice paper Sep 1997
Explores definitions of emotional abuse within legal, practice and research frameworks.
Research report Mar 1998
This publication was compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
Policy and practice paper Apr 1998
Examines the effects of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its role in the broader aspects of mental health.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.
Family Matters article Apr 1998