Type:	Electronic publication
Title:	Report into cost of child abuse and neglect in Australia
Authors:	Keatsdale Pty Ltd
Keywords:	Measurement;Child protection;Homicide;Economic costs
Year:	2003
Publisher:	Kids First Foundation
Notes:	Provides an introduction to the concepts of child abuse and neglect and an overview of their incidence and prevalence in Australia, before presenting an estimate of the costs of abuse and neglect nationally. Child protection referral and substantiation processes in Australia are explained and sources of data on child abuse and neglect, both nationally and internationally, are reviewed. Statistics on child deaths arising from abuse and neglect are presented and the short-, medium- and long-term consequences of abuse as highlighted in the literature are identified. The various approaches to estimating the cost of child abuse and neglect are considered and a national estimate is presented. ‘Costs’ are defined to include the short- and long-term ‘human’ costs to those abused, long-term social costs, costs of public intervention and the costs of community contributions.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21344
Physical description:	117 p.
Appears in Collections:	Online resource

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