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A scoping review of non‐binary research in “Australian” social sciences: Community, solidarity, resilience and resisting marginalisation

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Non‐binary and genderqueer identities are increasingly discussed in public discourse and academia, but there remains a dearth of academic literature centred on non‐binary people's lives and experiences. When non‐binary people are included in research, it is frequently as an additive to explorations of trans identities and subsumed under the ...
Lucy Nicholas, Sal Clark, Chloe Falzon
wiley   +1 more source

Older Women Face Psychological and Physical Abuse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A shorter version of this article appeared on pp. 1–4 of the Summer 2017 print edition.This article examines psychological and physical abuse against women in Alaska who are aged 60 or older and compares these rates to national rates. Psychological abuse
Rosay, André B.
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A comparison of sex offenders and other types of offenders referred to intellectual disability forensic services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study compared 131 sex offenders with ID and 346 other types of offenders with ID using case file records. All the females in the study were non sexual offenders.
Bambrick, Marie   +8 more
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Access to Transition Planning and Support for Young People Who Self‐Place When in Out‐Of‐Home Care: The Perspectives of Young People and Practitioners

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the experiences of young people in Queensland, Australia, under child protection orders who leave approved out‐of‐home care placements (e.g., foster; residential care) to stay in unapproved locations (e.g., sleeping on the streets; staying with friends, family/kin, or strangers).
Jemma Venables   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Parents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

open access: yesنشریه پرستاری ایران, 2014
Background & Aims: Sexual abuse is the most damaging type of abuse which has been increased significantly in recent decades so prevention of sexual abuse is crucial. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of parents regarding 
S Khanjari   +3 more
doaj  

A Scoping Review on the Psychosocial Effects of Sexual Abuse on the Girl Child in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Child sexual abuse has become a global phenomenon. The statistics of sexual abuse of a girl child by relatives and/or other people known to the girl child are shocking. Various factors predispose a girl child to be susceptible to sexual abuse.
Tsholofelo Keikabile   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Elimination of the Sexual Exploitation of Children: Two Policy Briefings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Oak Foundation child-abuse programme has funded and supported a range of civil society actors over the course of the last ten years, with the aim of reducing the incidence of the sexual exploitation of children, focusing primarily on work in East ...

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Commentary: Actions to end violence against women : a multi-sector approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many forms of violence affect women and girls, such as physical and sexual abuse, trafficking, female genital mutilation, early and forced marriage, murders in the name of honour or dowry, and sexual harassment and abuse by authority figures.
García-Moreno, Claudia   +1 more
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Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden on the ward : the abuse of children in hospitals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
While there have been a small number of high profile cases of the abuse of children by hospital staff, there has been relatively little attention paid to the child protection issues for children staying in hospitals.
Kendrick, Andrew, Taylor, Julie
core   +1 more source

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