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The child abuse lottery - Will the doctor suspect and report? Physician attitudes towards and reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect

, 1998
Objective: To assess the responsiveness and attitudes of medical practitioners to the reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect. To determine whether characteristics of the medical practitioner (specialist or generalist, rural or urban based, age ...
Van Haeringen, A. R., Armstrong, K. L., Armstrong, Kenneth L., Dadds, M., Dadds, Mark, Van Haeringen, Alison R.   +5 more
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of the efficacy of specialist police investigative units in responding to child sexual abuse: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

, 2016
On Friday, 11 January 2013, the Governor-General appointed a six-member Royal Commission to inquire into how institutions with a responsibility for children have managed and responded to allegations and instances of child sexual abuse.
Powell, Martine, Darwinkel, Elli, Westera, Nina   +2 more
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Competing meanings of childhood and the social construction of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean

, 2013
This article examines the dynamic interplay between competing meanings of childhood and the social construction of sexual abuse in the Caribbean. Drawing on qualitative data from a study undertaken in six Caribbean countries, the article suggests that ...
Jones, Adele D., Maharaj, Priya E., Nathaniel-DeCaires, K., Johnson, E.J., Hafner, James A.H., Nathaniel-DeCaires, Karene, Johnson, Emmanuel Janagan, Hafner, J.A., Pasura, Dominic, Pasura, D., Jones, A.D., Jones, Adele, Maharaj, P.E.   +12 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

Suspected child abuse and neglect reporting behaviour

, 2003
Executuve Summary\ud Background and Aims\ud Child abuse and neglect is a tragedy within our community, with over 10,000 substantiated reports of abuse and neglect in Queensland in the past year.
Schweitzer, Robert, Loxton, Natalie, Harnett, Paul, Buckley, Lisa   +3 more
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Autism Affect the Processing of Child Sexual Abuse Trauma?

Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice, 2020
Children in general are a vulnerable population, but children with neurodevelopmental disorders are even more vulnerable. This case study, which uses secondary qualitative data to focus on a survivor of sexual abuse who has autism, explores how a child ...
Jose Carbajal, Regina T. Praetorius
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ABC of child abuse. Child sexual abuse--II. [PDF]

BMJ, 1989
F, Bamford, R, Roberts
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source