Five tumultuous years in Australian child protection: Little progress

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-41

  Ainsworth, Frank ^a,c   Hansen, Patricia ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child protection; Costs; Mandatory reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645028455     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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