Problems in the system of mandatory reporting of children living with domestic violence

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 228-239

  Humphreys, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child protection; Domestic violence; Family violence; Mandatory reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749140760     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.14.2-3.228     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Abrahams C (1994) Hidden Victims: Children and Domestic Violence. NCH Action for Children, London.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1996) Women's Safety Survey Australia. ABS Catalogue No 4128.0, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) Personal Safety Survey, Australia. Catalogue 4906.055.003, Canberra. Accessed at http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/cat/4906.0 on 3rd March 2008.
4. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2006) Child Protection Australia. AIHW, Canberra, accessed at www.aihw.gov.au/ publications/cws/cpa04-05/cpa04-05.pdf on 3 March 2008.
5. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2007) Child Protection in Australia, 2006-07. AIHW Catalogue No CWS 28, Canberra, Child Welfare Series Number 40, accessed at www.aihw.gov.au/publications/ cws/cpa05-06/cpa05-06.pdf on 7th March 2008.
6. Ainsworth F and Hansen P (2006) Five tumultuous years in Australian child protection: little progress. Child and Family Social Work 11(1): 33-41.
7. Bagshaw D and Chung D (2000) Women, Men and Domestic Violence. University of South Australia, Adelaide and Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
8. Baldry E, Bratel J and Breckenridge J (2006) Domestic violence and children with disabilities: Working towards enhancing social work practice. Australian Social Work 59(2): 185-197.
9. Blagg H (2000) Crisis Intervention in Aboriginal Family Violence: Strategies and Models for Western Australia. Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, Canberra.
10. Bragg L (2003) Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence. Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
11. Breckenridge J and Laing L (1999) (Eds) Challenging Silence: Innovative Responses to Sexual and Domestic Violence. Allen and Unwin, Sydney NSW.
12. Bromfield L and Higgins D (2005) National comparison of child protection systems. National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Issue 22. Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
13. Burke C (1999) Re-dressing the balance: child protection intervention in the context of domestic violence, in Breckenridge J and Laing L (Eds) Challenging Silence: Innovative Responses to Sexual and Domestic Violence, pp 256-268. Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
14. Callister G (2002) Family violence and child protection. Children Australia 27(4): 14-16.
15. Checkland P and Poulter J (2006) Learning for Action: A short definitive account of soft systems methodology and its use for practitioners, teachers and students. Wiley and Sons, Chichester.
16. Chung D, Colley D and Zannettino L (2004) Effective Integrated Approaches in the Delivery of Services and Responses for Women Experiencing Domestic Violence. Research and Education Unit on Gendered Violence, University of South Australia, Adelaide and Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, Canberra.
17. Corby, B. (2006) The role of child care social work in supporting families with children in need and providing protective services: past, present and future. Child Abuse Review 15(3): 159-177.
18. Darlington Y, Feeney J and Rixon K (2005) Practice challenges at the intersection of child protection and mental health. Child and Family Social Work 10(3): 239-248.
19. Davies L, and Krane J (2006) Collaborate with caution: protecting children, helping mothers. Critical Social Policy 26(2): 412-415.
20. Department of Human Services (DHS) Victoria (2005) Child Protection and Family Violence Guidance for Child Protection Practitioners (incorporating the use of intervention orders). Melbourne, accessed at http://hnp.dhs.vic.gov.au/wps/portal/ on 5 June 2008.
21. Department of Families, Queensland (DoF) (2002) Practice Standards for Working with Women Affected by Domestic and Family Violence. Department of Families, Brisbane, Queensland.
22. Edleson J (2004) Should childhood exposure to domestic violence be defined as child maltreatment under the law? in Jaffe P, Baker L and Cunningham A (Eds) Protecting Children From Domestic Violence: Strategies for Community Intervention, pp 1-17. Guilford Press, New York.
23. Family Violence Reform Initiative, Victoria (2005) accessed at www.office-for-children.vic.gov.au/children/ccdnav.nsf on 10 May 2007.
24. Featherstone B and Trinder L (1997) Familiar subjects? Domestic violence and child welfare. Child and Family Social Work 2(3): 147-160.
25. Ferrante A, Morgan F, Indermaur D and Harding R (1996) Measuring the Extent of Domestic Violence. Hawkins Press, Sydney NSW.
26. Findlater J and Kelly S (1999) Child protection services and domestic violence. The Future of Children 9(3): 84-95.
27. Gordon L (1989) Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence. Virago, London.
28. Hague G, Mullender A, Kelly L, Malos E and Debbonaire T (2000) Unsung innovation: the history of work with children in UK domestic violence refuges, in Hanmer J, Itzin C, Quaid S and Wigglesworth D (Eds) Home Truths About Domestic Violence: Feminist Influences on Policy and Practice, pp 24-32. Routledge, London.
29. Healy K (2000) Social Work Practices: Contemporary Perspectives on Change. Sage, London.
30. Higgins D (2007) Cooperation and Coordination. An Evaluation of the Family Court of Australia's Magellan Case Management Model. Family Court of Australia/Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, Victoria.
31. Houghton C (2006) Listen louder: working with children and young people, in Humphreys C and Stanley N (Eds) Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Directions for Good Practice, pp 82-94. Jessica Kingsley, London.
32. HREOC (Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission) (2003) Addressing Family Violence in Indigenous Communities, Chapter 5, Social Justice Report. HREOC, Canberra.
33. Humphreys C (1999) Avoidance and confrontation: the practice of social workers in relation to domestic violence and child abuse. Journal of Child and Family Social Work 4(1): 77-87.
34. Humphreys C (2007) Domestic violence and child protection: Challenging directions for practice, Issues Paper 13. Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse, Sydney, accessed at www.adfvc.unsw.edu.au/documents/IssuesPaper_13.pdf on 5 June 2008.
35. Humphreys C and Stanley N (2006) (Eds) Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Directions for Good Practice. Jessica Kingsley, London.
36. Indermaur D (2001) Young Australians and domestic violence. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No 195. Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.
37. Irwin J, Waugh F and Bonner M (2006) The inclusion of children and young people in research on domestic violence. Communities, Children and Families in Australia 1(1): 17-23.
38. Irwin J, Waugh F and Wilkinson M (2002) Domestic Violence and Child Protection Report. School of Social Work and Policy Studies, Sydney NSW.
39. Irwin J, Waugh F & Wilkinson M (2003) Domestic violence and child protection. National Child Protection Clearinghouse Newsletter 11(1): 7-9.
40. Jacob A and Fanning D (2006) Report on Child Protection Services in Tasmania. Tasmania Department of Health and Human Services and Commissioner for Children, Tasmania, accessed at http://www.childcomm.tas.gov.au/docs/childprotectionreport.pdf on 6 April 2007.
41. Jaffe P, Wolfe D and Wilson S (1990) Children of Battered Women. Sage, Newbury Park, CA.
42. Kaye M, Stubbs J and Tolmie J (2003) Negotiating Child Residence and Contact Arrangements Against a Background of Domestic Violence, Research Report. Family Law and Social Policy Unit, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, accessed at www.gu.edu.au/centre/firu/pdf/wp4.pdf on 7 March 2008.
43. Krane J and Davies L (2000) Mothering and child protection practice: rethinking risk assessment. Child and Family Social Work 5(1): 35-45.
44. Kroll B (2004) Living with an elephant: growing up with parental substance misuse. Child and Family Social Work 9(2): 129-140.
45. Laing L (2003) Domestic violence in the context of child abuse and neglect. Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, Topic Paper, accessed at www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au on 5 April 2007.
46. Liddell M, Donegan T, Goddard C and Tucci J (2006) The State of Child Protection: Australian Child Welfare and Child Protection Developments 2005. Monash University, The National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Australian Childhood Foundation, Melbourne, Victoria.
47. McGregor H and Hopkins A (1991) Working for Change: The Movement Against Domestic Violence. Allen and Unwin, Sydney NSW.
48. McIntosh J and Deacon-Wood H (2002) Point of Contact: Responding to Children and Domestic Violence. Research Foundations for Front Line Responses. Relationships Australia and Partnerships Against Domestic Violence, Canberra.
49. Mendes P (1996) The historical and political context of mandatory reporting and its impact on child protection practice in Victoria. Australian Social Work 49(4): 25-32.
50. Moloney L (2008) Violence allegations in parenting disputes: reflections on court-based decision making before and after the 2006 Australian family law reforms. Journal of Family Studies 14 (2-3): 254-270.
51. Mouzos J and Makkai T (2004) Women's experiences of male violence: Findings from the Australian component of the International Violence Against Women Survey. Research and Public Policy Series 56, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.
52. Mullender A and Morley S (Eds) (1994) Children Living With Domestic Violence. Whiting and Birch, London.
53. Mullender A, Kelly L, Hague G, Malos E and Iman U (2002) Children's Perspectives on Domestic Violence. Routledge, London.
54. Partnerships Against Domestic Violence (PADV) (1997) First Report of the Task Force 1997-1999. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
55. Parton N (1991) Governing the Family: Child Care, Child Protection and the State. St Martin's Press, New York.
56. Radford L and Hester M (2006) Mothering Through Domestic Violence. Jessica Kingsley Publications, London.
57. Scott D (2006) Towards a public health model of child protection in Australia. Communities, Children and Families in Australia 1(1): 9-16.
58. Scott D and Swain S (2002) Confronting Cruelty: Historical Perspectives on Child Protection in Australia. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
59. Scott E (2006) From family crisis to state crisis: the impact of overload on child protection in New South Wales. Paper: XVIth ISCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, September 2006, York, UK.
60. Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in New South Wales (2008) Public Forum, Assessment Factfile, 15 February, 2008.
61. Stanley J and Goddard C (2002) In the Firing Line: Violence and Power in Child Protection Work. Wiley and Sons, New York.
62. Statistics Canada (2006) Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Ottawa.
63. Sykes M (2004) DART Domestic assault response team, accessed at www.hometruths.com.au/presentations/prosser_sykes_wheele_DART.ppt25 on 6 April 2007.
64. Tomison A (2000) Exploring family violence: links between child maltreatment and domestic violence. National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Issue 13, accessed at www.aifs.org.au/ on 7 March 2008.
65. Walby S and Allen J (2004) Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey. Home Office Research Study 276, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, London.
66. Zannettino L (2006) Better Outcomes for the Protection of Children Affected by Domestic Violence: Developing Interagency Collaboration between Child Protection and Domestic Violence Services, A Research Report. Research and Education Unit on Gendered Violence in partnership with the Department for Families and Communities, South Australia, accessed at www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/ homepage.asp?Name=Lana.Zannettino on 5 March 2008.