State-funded schools are not allowed to be operated as profit-making entities. So why are children in care being accommodated by for-profit companies?
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The seven-year review into how state and private institutions in the UK failed to protect children has highlighted the central importance of making sure young people and children are listened to.
Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness. The stories of women who had to flee their homes make it clear the dire shortage of social housing in Australia leaves them with nowhere to go.
It’s so tragically familiar. Australia has had dozens of inquiries, reports and reform efforts in child protection, yet terrible things still happen to children known to child protection agencies.
Families need support to care for their children safely, rather than having their children removed.
Romani children across Europe are overrepresented in institutional care. Research shows widely held prejudical views and structural inequality is to blame.
National reviews can be helpful, but can drive misunderstanding of the issues facing child protection services.
Child protection notification processes in Australia have a history of disproportionately targeting First Nations families.
One study found 80% of darknet traffic on Tor went to sites hosting unmoderated porn and child sex abuse material.
The recent discovery of the bodies of Indigenous children being found in Canada reminds us of the dark history of Australia’s treatment of young First Peoples and children here in Australia.
Pandemic-induced lockdowns have brought up challenges for children in out-of-home care and their carers. However, Kinship care provided unexpected positives for Aboriginal elders and their families.
What happens over the next four years in Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration could have a lasting impact on how childhood is understood and experienced in the United States and beyond.
The law on indecent imagery of children should distinguish between pictures or videos produced by young people and those taken by adults.
Considerations of whether children and young people are deserving of help are reminiscent of 19th-century approaches to child services.
What’s most concerning is children are being charged in out of home care for unnecessary and avoidable offences. We need to do a better job of placing children safe environments.
Rather than only reacting on a case-by-case basis, we need to recognise the root of child neglect and abuse comes from social inequities.
Kenya announced plans in 2017 for a long-term action plan to end the institutionalisation of children.
The new bill will make it make it mandatory for priests to report suspected child abuse admitted in confidence.
Supporting mums in prison and whose babies are in care to breastfeed has benefits for mums, their children and wider society.
Under international law, a mother escaping domestic violence with her children to another country is seen as an abductor. She is often ordered to return the child leading to catastrophic consequences.
Top contributors
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Associate Supervisor in Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Huddersfield
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, Adelaide University
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Aboriginal Enterprise Fellow, Australian Centre for Child Protection, Adelaide University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Assistant, Australian Centre for Child Protection, Adelaide University
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Former Director, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Director, Kath McFarlane Consulting & Adjunct Associate Professor, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor, Chair of Child Protection, Director, Australian Centre Child Protection, Adelaide University
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Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Research Professor, Adelaide University
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Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Social Work, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University