Practice guide Oct 2012
What is effective primary prevention in sexual assault?
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This Wrap provides an evidence-based summary of the key issues involved in program design in primary prevention initiatives
Practice guide Oct 2012
This Wrap provides an evidence-based summary of the key issues involved in program design in primary prevention initiatives
Policy and practice paper May 2011
This Resource Sheet briefly summarises a number of influential recent approaches to conceptualising and measuring disadvantage.
Research report Feb 1999
Over the last twenty years, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has established itself as a key centre for research on the family in Australia.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to natural disasters and drought
Family Matters article Oct 2006
This article addresses questions relevant to policymakers around parental perceptions of neighbourhood facilities and their sense of belonging.
Research report Mar 2014
This report was commissioned to examine the implementation of criminal justice system reforms and their impact on the victim/survivor experience.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
this paper discusses the Institute's plans to develop a series of family policy position papers that may serve as a basis for Australia-wide discussion on whether family life is valued sufficiently in public policies and programs, and two documents that may serve as a starting point for those position papers.
Short article Mar 2019
Article based on a presentation given at the AIFS 2018 Conference by Dr Tim Reddel from the Department of Social Services.
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 Apr 2002
This article identifies the concepts of social cohesion and social exclusion as providing two theoretical frameworks whose relevance to Australian policy deserves greater exploration.