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Overcoming Structural Barriers to the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - A Discussion Paper
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in NSW
Adam M. Tomison
Published by the NSW Child Protection Council, December 1997. ISBN 0 7310 2029 7
- Background (PDF 32 KB)
- The purpose of this paper
- Executive summary
- Terminology
- Introduction
- Defining child abuse prevention
- Current knowledge (PDF 32 KB)
- Definition
- Risk factors
- Risk assessment
- Program evaluations
- Social policy (PDF 48 KB)
- What is a child?
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- The role of families
- The role of the media
- Perceptions of 'the child'
- Perceptions of adolescents
- Agenda for change
- Social forces (PDF 58 KB)
- Economic rationalism
- Poverty
- Family structure
- Linking poverty and family structure
- Work and families
- Gender
- Cultural difference
- Violence
- Systems issues (PDF 54 KB)
- Coordinating prevention
- Effective resourcing
- Holistic approaches to prevention
- Multidisciplinary approaches to prevention
- Working with clients - a strengths-based approach
- Conclusion (PDF 11 KB)
- References (PDF 40 KB)
This report was written for the NSW Child Protection Council by Adam Tomison of the National Child Protection Clearing House, Australian Institute of Family Studies.