Abstract
Child sexual abuse is a serious crime that can cause long-term harm to child victims and indirectly affect other family members. The thesis used longitudinal administrative data on reported child sexual abuse from 1990-2009 to explore:
Changes in the children's characteristics. The influence of case, organisational and external factors on child protection workers' decision-making. Children's careers in the child protection system. The interaction between Aboriginality and agency responses to sexual abuse. The results enabled a rich profile of reported child sexual abuse, patterns in decision-making and outcomes in the child protection system for the children involved.
Changes in the children's characteristics. The influence of case, organisational and external factors on child protection workers' decision-making. Children's careers in the child protection system. The interaction between Aboriginality and agency responses to sexual abuse. The results enabled a rich profile of reported child sexual abuse, patterns in decision-making and outcomes in the child protection system for the children involved.
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 4 Nov 2021 |
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| Publication status | Unpublished - 2021 |
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