In response to the ongoing cascade of accusations and evidence of systemic and decades long child abuse, the federal government finally announced a Royal Commission into institutional responses to child…
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For victims and their advocates, the Prime Minister’s announcement of a Royal Commission into the role of institutions in the abuse of children represents a long-awaited shift in the way Australia approaches…
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a royal commission into child abuse in churches, schools and foster homes. The inquiry will include, but not be limited to, allegations of abuse in the Catholic…
Report after damning report is rapidly revealing the dirty secrets of the Catholic Church. As fresh allegations and evidence abound, it seems we have a seismic shift in the battle for justice for victims…
As the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into child abuse looms, Archbishop Denis Hart and three of his bishops have forewarned their Victorian flock of imminent disturbing reports about past failures of…
Research published this month in the journal Pediatrics confirms what child advocates have long known: it’s never okay to hit children. Study author Tracie Afifi and her colleagues investigated the link…
The ABC’s 4 Corners this week exposed blatant concealment of a priest’s sexual assaults and rapes of children by the Catholic church in NSW. Admissions of guilt were made by the offender and documented…
Child sex-abuse victims were almost five times more likely than the general population to be charged with offences than their…
Victorian victims of clergy sex crimes and their families have been fighting for justice for years – some for decades. The previous Labor state government did nothing for them. The Baillieu government…
Failing to help the homeless can come with a high cost to the public purse, with many ending up in hospitals for treatment of substance abuse and chronic health problems, a study has found. A joint research…
Women who are raped, sexually assaulted, bashed by a partner or stalked are much more likely to develop mental health problems than women who do not experience gender-based violence, a study has found…
A study of a species of Galapagos seabird known as the Nazca Booby shows that birds that are abused as chicks by older birds…
Mothers who were coached by a therapist while they interacted with their children were more likely to develop a positive…
The Intervention by the federal government into the Northern Territory in 2007 ignored aspects of child abuse and neglect…
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Associate Supervisor in Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Huddersfield
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Scientia Associate Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool
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PhD Student, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Western Sydney University
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Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Penn State
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