Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols used in the tables
  • Summary
    • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
    • Children on care and protection orders
    • Children in out-of-home care
  • Sections
    1. Background
      • Child protection systems
        • Reporting of child protection matters
        • The child protection process
        • Important differences among states and territories
        • Changes in child protection policies and practices
        • Family support services
        • Recent policy changes
      • The child protection data
    • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
      • 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

    • Care and protection orders

      • Overview
        • Children who are in need of care and protection
        • Types of care and protection orders
        • Scope of the data collection
        • State and territory differences
      • Data and analysis
        • Admissions, discharges and orders issued
        • Trends in the number of children on orders
        • Characteristics of children on care and protection orders
        • Rates of children on care and protection orders
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
    • Out-of-home care
      • 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 in 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
    • 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 (Australian) 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
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