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Scoping study for research into the prevalence of child abuse in Australia: Final report. Prepared for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse [PDF]

, 2016
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Royal Commission) is inquiring into how institutions have engaged with and responded to allegations and instances of institutional child sexual abuse. Key to this inquiry is the
Arney, Fiona, Parkinson, Samantha, Higgins, Daryl, Bates, Shona, Walsh, Kerryann M., Dunne, Michael P., Octoman, Olivia, Mathews, Benjamin P., Katz, Ilan   +8 more
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The EXPLAIN Study: Exploring Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in Adults in Norway — A Description of Demographic, Medical, and Neurological Findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) encompasses several hundred conditions with diverse genetic, pathophysiological, and clinical origins. The overarching EXPLAIN study explores underlying causes and implications of AMC and represents the largest clinical cohort of adults with AMC reported to date.
My Vuong Hermansen, Kristin Ørstavik, Unni Steen, Mathias Toft, Cathrine Brunborg, Lena Lande Wekre   +5 more
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Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin, Karen A. Sullivan, Vincent Denault, Catherine Kennon, Lucy Cradduck, Rachel Hews   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child sexual abuse and its determinants among children in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLOS Global Public Health
Child sexual abuse is a significant public health concern and a breach of basic human rights affecting millions of children each year globally. It is typically not reported by victims, hence it remains usually concealed.
Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen, Sintayehu Simie Tsega   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mandatory Reporting Laws for Child Sexual Abuse in Australia : A Legislative History

, 2014
This work conducts a comprehensive historical review and analysis of the legislative principles for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in each State and Territory of Australia.
Mathews, Benjamin P.
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study into the legislative – and related key policy and operational – frameworks for sharing information relating to child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

, 2016
This report has been prepared by Carolyn Adams (Macquarie University) and Krista Lee-Jones for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Lee-Jones, Krista, Krista Lee-Jones, Carolyn Adams, Adams, Carolyn   +3 more
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Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AS A PRECURSOR TO PROSTITUTION

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2003
The child as a victim of sexual abuse has recently received deliberated attention within the South African context. In the study undertaken, the immediate as well as long term effects of such abuse was investigated with the pertinent intent of ...
Jacqueline Saffy
doaj   +1 more source