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released: 27 Aug 1999 media release

Provides comprehensive information on children who come into contact with State and Territory community service departments for protective reasons. The report contains data for 1997-98 on notifications, investigations and substantiations of child abuse and neglect, children on care and protection orders and children in out-of-home care.

ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN 978 1 74024 011 6; Cat. no. CWS 8; 79pp.; OUT OF PRINT

  • Publication

Child protection Australia 1997-98

Child welfare series

Full publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (74KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols used in the tables
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
  • Summary (40KB PDF)
  • Chapters (226KB PDF)
    1. Background
      • Child protection systems
      • The child protection data
    2. Child abuse and neglect
      • Overview of the information on child abuse and neglect
      • Data and analysis
    3. Care and protection orders
      • Overview of the information on care and protection orders
      • Data and analysis
    4. Out of home care
      • Overview of the information on children in out-of-home care
      • Data and analysis
    5. Conclusion
  • End matter (168KB PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
      • Appendix 2: Technical notes
      • Appendix 3: Legislation
      • Appendix 4: Mandatory reporting requirements
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 1999. Child protection Australia 1997-98. Child Welfare Series. Cat. no. CWS 8. Canberra: AIHW.