Short article Sep 2017
The transition from out-of-home care and offending behaviours
Young people leaving care have specific needs and are at greater risk of contact with the justice system.
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Short article Sep 2017
Young people leaving care have specific needs and are at greater risk of contact with the justice system.
Practice guide Jul 2013
Considers whether forensic medical evidence is associated with positive legal outcomes and the role of forensic medical evidence in key decisions
Research report Feb 2013
Investigates how communication technologies facilitate sexual violence against young people and challenges this presents for the justice system
Family Matters article Dec 2011
This paper reviews some of the recent research that has analysed the outcomes of child maltreatment as seen through the lens of the disciplines of neuroscience, psychopathology, traumatology and related fields.
Policy and practice paper Jan 2013
This paper reviews recent Australian and international research on the long-term effects of child sexual abuse
Practice guide Jun 2005
Outlines those laws of evidence that have had significant impacts upon procedures in sexual offence trials and on victim-complainants' experiences.
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 Sep 2001
This article examines how the Institute has developed over the past 21 years, reflects upon its performance against the expectations held, and looks forward to what might be achieved in the future.
Research report Jul 1980
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
Practice guide Mar 2014
This Research Summary demonstrates that female sex offending, although a serious issue, makes up a very small percentage of all sex offences