National Audit of Australian Child Protection Research
1995-2004
Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2005.
ISBN 0 642 395330.
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Table of Contents
- Foreword - PDF (24 KB)
- Preface - PDF (48 KB)
- Executive Summary - PDF (36 KB)
- Objectives - PDF (48 KB)
- Methodology - PDF (64 KB)
Audit Criteria
Procedure
- 1. Service agencies
- 2. Universities
- 3. Governments
- 4. Funding bodies
- 5. Other key contacts
- 6. Library searches
- 7. Personal contacts
- Analysis: Results and Discussion - PDF (60 KB)
- A. Coverage - PDF (92 KB)
- 1. Number of research prlojects examining each type of abuse or neglect
- 2. Number of projects addressing different topics
- 3. Changes in the focus over the 10 years (1995-2004)
- B. Research infrastructure and funding - PDF (80 KB)
- 4. Geographic breakdown of location of research
- 5. Types of organisations conducting research
- 6. Level of funding
- 7. Type of funding agencies
- 8. Whether research was part of a degree program
- C. Types of research/methodology - PDF (64 KB)
- 9. Discipline area
- 10. Sample type
- 11. Sample size
- 12. Number of projects that had ethics approvals
- 13. Multiple site projects
- D. Productivity/output - PDF (60 KB)
- 14. Frequency of different publication types
- 15. Porjects addressing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander issues
- E. Findings: What we now know - PDF (77 KB)
- Findings from Research
- Statutory Child Protection Services
- Prevention
- Intervention Programs
- Risk Factors
- Incidence
- Methodological Issues
- Summary: Research and Design Trends
- Findings from Research
- Implications for Policy and Practice - PDF (36 KB)
- Implications for Research - PDF (78 KB)
- Researchers
- Research design
- Gaps and duplication
- Dissemination - PDF (28 KB)
- References - PDF (36 KB)
- List of Appendices
- Appendix A: Introductory letter and criteria - Word (178 KB)| PDF (1.7 MB)
- Appendix B: Listing of all 135 research projects - Word (120 KB)| PDF (80 KB)
- Appendix C: Publications from the audit projects - Word (152 KB)| PDF (88 KB)
- Appendix D: Publications from library searches - Word (136 KB)| PDF (148 KB)
- Appendix E: Thesis listing from library searches - Word (72 KB)| PDF (72 KB)