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The silencing of children has as long a history as child abuse itself. It is why we need royal commissions, books, and now a play: to allow children to tell us the truth of what was done to them.
Hundreds of people have been referred to a programme that is supposed to protect them from being drawn into terrorism. But its methods are deeply questionable.
Our new research shows the culture of sexualisation not only affects how young girls see themselves, but also how they are treated and viewed by adults.
Divorce rates are on the decline in Australia, people are marrying and having children later in life, and more of us live alone. Our experts respond to the new report on Australia’s welfare.
A Family Court “order” for parents of a child to not smoke around him and to limit their alcohol consumption while caring for him have invited the same old accusations about the “nanny state”.
Should ‘think of the children’ ever come to the point of spying on teenagers?
Western Australia was the first state in the nation to allow public access to a sex offender register online. The public needs to understand how it works to avoid a false sense of security.
Ensuring it’s adults that must process their adult emotions - and not children stumbling across them through pornography - is the adult thing to do.
Responses to high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infants across Australia are haphazard, and legislation alone will not correct the problem.
The Northern Territory stands out for having one of the highest imprisonment rates in the world - much higher even than in the US - and it’s hard to argue that this does the community much good.
In response to the tragic death of four-year-old Chloe Valentine in South Australia, adoption has been raised as a solution to a “child protection crisis”.
The report on Jimmy Savile’s abuses in the NHS is eerily reminiscent of a 90-year-old case.
After a long period of expansion in the number of children living in out-of-home care, most modern child protection systems around the world have been labouring to prevent such placements. Instead, they’re…
In some jurisdictions of Australia, the rate of Indigenous children in foster, kinship and residential care on any one night has reached almost one in ten. This rate is almost ten times higher than non-Aboriginal…
When children are deemed at risk of abuse or neglect and are removed from the family home, they are placed in out-of-home care, either with foster parents, relatives or in residential facilities. The latter…
Experiencing trauma has significant implications for mental health. We’ve known this for some time but particularly since the early 1970s after observing and studying the effects of war on American servicemen…
Most people reasonably assume there is evidence of good long-term outcomes for children who come into contact with child protection systems. Why else would we intervene in the lives of children and their…
The recent string of major child sexual assault scandals, in Australia and other countries, can create a feeling of disgust and an urge to look away from an ugly reality. Yet we must confront and take…
The tragic death of four-year old Chloe Valentine in South Australia has raised concerns that the state’s child protection system is in crisis. Following a history of abuse and neglect, Chloe’s mother…
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