Child Protection Australia 1997-98

Child Welfare Series

Full publication (465K PDF)

• Preliminary material (74K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols used in the tables
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
• Summary (40K PDF)
• Chapters (226K 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 (168K PDF)
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
    • Appendix 2: Technical notes
    • Appendix 3: Legislation
    • Appendix 4: Mandatory reporting requirements
  • Glossary
  • References