Policy and practice paper Dec 1995
Update on child sexual abuse
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Current issues of child sexual abuse, perpetrator characteristics, the "backlash" against child abuse, ritual abuse and prevention initiatives.
Policy and practice paper Dec 1995
Current issues of child sexual abuse, perpetrator characteristics, the "backlash" against child abuse, ritual abuse and prevention initiatives.
Family Matters article Sep 1995
This article looks at the history and current status of Australia's Child Support scheme, considering issues such as collection rate, collection enforcement, delivery of payments, split between bureaucracies, client relations, discrimination against Stage One children, and discrimination against non-custodial parents.
Family Matters article Sep 1995
This article discusses the widespread and hostile opposition to the British Child Support Act 1991.
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article presents survey findings of 185 adults around their views on police intervention in domestic violence situations to explore the level of community support for the enforcement of the criminal process when physical violence against women occurs in the family home.
Policy and practice paper Dec 1994
This paper will provide a background to child abuse and neglect in the USA and examine one perspective on child abuse preventative strategies.
Policy and practice paper Jun 1994
Every year in Australia, thousands of children, as well as women, suffer physically, psychologically and sexually as a result of acts of violence
Family Matters article Apr 1994
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article, the second of three articles focusing on family violence in this issue of Family Matters, examines violence against women in the home.
Family Matters article Dec 1993
Family Matters article Dec 1993
This article on child development examines the nature of true intelligence, the elements of the growth of competence and how we might better stimulate the development of a child's many intelligences.