The sexual abuse of children is, understandably, a key concern for the public. But misperceptions about those who perpetrate it abound in public debate.
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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.
A new report finds children in care are less likely to achieve the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy – with the gap growing as they get older.
An estimated 838 students per day receive corporal punishment across schools in 19 American states. Why does the practice continue?
Ever since the Jimmy Savile affair, the police have been investigating historical child abuse on an unprecedented scale.
Many factors are at play in enabling or constraining a child to speak directly about abuse and bringing that complaint to the attention of the authorities.
Only when adults and institutions hear from children and young people directly, take their views and ideas seriously and act on what they say will institutions will become safer places.
The continued use by politicians and the media of the term “child pornography” minimises the offence's seriousness. They are online child abuse material.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has published a research paper that suggests organisations be held criminally responsible when their negligence results in harm to children.
At last, one of the biggest obstacles to suing the perpetrators of historic child abuse could be on the way out.
The pope has announced a tribunal to shine a light on clerical abuse – but the Catholic church is in an irretrievable moral bind.
Why Justice Pauffley was wrong to suggest that social workers "make allowances" for cultural differences.
The Catholic Church's calls to protect children are falling on deaf ears after years of abuse scandals.
After saying he was 'deeply suspicious', a judge cleared a man of child pornography offences. We need to understand the standard of proof to make sense of verdicts, including AFL rulings on doping.
Research has found bullied kids suffer more later in life than kids abused by parents. Is this finding particularly helpful though?
New research suggests bullied children are more likely to report mental health problems compared to those who are maltreated.
Responses to high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infants across Australia are haphazard, and legislation alone will not correct the problem.
Accusations of historical child abuse against the powerful are mounting. Is a trial by media about to kick into full gear?
The health service has a long history both of abuse and the failure to do anything about it.
The report on Jimmy Savile's abuses in the NHS is eerily reminiscent of a 90-year-old case.
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Scientia Associate Professor of Criminology, UNSW
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Reader in Social Work and Applied Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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PhD Student, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Co-Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Visiting Research Fellow, School of Law, University of Leeds
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Western Sydney University
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Professor, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Criminology, City, University of London
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