Research snapshot Feb 2012
Past and present adoptions in Australia
Summary of the ways in which adoption currently operates, past adoption practices, and the potential impacts adoption has on those involved.
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Research snapshot Feb 2012
Summary of the ways in which adoption currently operates, past adoption practices, and the potential impacts adoption has on those involved.
Practice guide Nov 2011
Outlines key issues in institutional and care settings with identifying and responding to women’s recent and past experiences of sexual assault
Practice guide Sep 2011
This paper reflects on the limits of legal reform in improving outcomes for victim/survivors.
Practice guide Jul 2011
The newsletter for the former Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault.
Practice guide Jun 2011
The newsletter for the former Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault, published from 2003 to 2011
Practice guide Apr 2011
This resource sheet gathers together the findings from a wide range of research into the impacts of sexual assault on adult women
Family Matters article Apr 2011
This article discusses the wealth of material on adoption in Australia, which include historical records, analyses of historical practices, case studies, expert opinions, personal testimony provided to two parliamentary inquiries, but the limited empirical research on the issue of past-adoption practices and its impact on those involved.
Commissioned report Mar 2011
Evaluates whether the program is working in the best interests of children, addressing power imbalances, and less adversarial dispute resolution.
Practice guide Feb 2011
Designed to "debunk" the technical language associated with legislation, so those without a legal background can make sense of sexual assault laws
Research report Jan 2011
This paper investigates the lower employment rates of single mothers by comparing their employment transition rates with those of partnered mothers