Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95

Publication

Release Date: 01 Apr 1995

Topic: Child protection

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1995) Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 April 2024.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1995). Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95. Canberra: AIHW.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95. AIHW, 1995.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95. Canberra: AIHW; 1995.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1995, Child abuse and neglect Australia 1994-95, AIHW, Canberra.

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Presents statistics on reports of child abuse and neglect made to State and Territory welfare departments during the 1994-95 financial year.

PDF table of contents

Contributing departments
List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Scope and coverage
3 Child abuse and neglect in Australia
- General
- Assessment outcomes
- Mandatory reporting
- Child at risk
- Reporting procedures
4 Child abuse and neglect 1994-95
Change over time
- Assessment outcomes
- Types of abuse and neglect substantiated
- Patterns of abuse and neglect by sex, age and type
- Children
- Rates by age group and State and Territory
- Abuse and neglect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
- Source of reports
5 Selected data for some States and Territories
- Family type
- Relationship of maltreater to child
- Sex of maltreater and relationship to child
- Injury and harm
6 Detailed tables
- Assessment outcomes
- Abuse and neglect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
- Source of reports
- Children
- Change over time
- Family type
- Relationship of maltreater to child
- Sex of maltreater and relationship to child
- Injury and harm
7 Explanation of terms
8 Related legislation
9 Related AIHW publications
10 References