Child protection Australia 2002-03

Full publication

• Child protection Australia 2002-03 (388K PDF)

Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material (85K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • List of tables 
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols used in the tables
  • Summary
• Sections
  1. Background (119K PDF)
     • Child protection systems
       • Reporting of child protection matters
       • The child protection process
       • Major differences among States and Territories
       • Changes in child protection policies and practices
     • The child protection data
  2. Notifications, investigations and substantiations (125K PDF)
     • Overview
       • Scope of the data collection
       • Categories used for notification and investigations
     • Data and analysis
       • Number of notifications, investigations and substantiations
       • Characteristics of children
       • Rates of children in substantiations
       • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
       • Additional data on notifications and substantiations

  3. Care and protection orders (146K PDF)

     • Overview
       • Children who are in need of care and protection
       • Types of care and protection orders
       • Scope of the data collection
       • State differences
     • Data and analysis
       • Admissions, discharges and orders issued
       • Trends in the numbers on orders
       • Characteristics of children on care and protection orders
       • Rates of children on care and protection orders
       • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
  4. Out-of-home care (123K PDF)
     • Overview
       • Children who are placed in out-of-home care
       • Scope and coverage of out-of-home care data collection
     • Data and analysis
       • Admissions and discharges
       • Trends in numbers of in and out-of-home care
       • Characteristics of children in out-of-home care
       • Rates of children in out-of-home care
       • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
• End matter (145K PDF)
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
      • Child protection
      • Care and protection orders
      • Out-of-home care
    • Appendix 2: Technical notes
      • Calculation of rates
        • Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
        • Rates for other (non-indigenous) children
      • Identification of Indigenous status
        • Children
        • Caregivers
    • Appendix 3: Legislation
      • Child Protection legislation
      • Legislative definition of 'in need of care and protection'
    • Appendix 4: Mandatory reporting requirements 
  • Glossary 
  • References