Child Abuse and Neglect: a socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia

Child Abuse and Neglect:
A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting
in Australia

Report for ACT Community Services Directorate (Children, Youth and Families)

Associate Professor Ben Mathews
Australian Centre for Health Law Research (Co-Director, Children’s Health Program)
Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Associate Professor Leah Bromfield

Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection
Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia

Associate Professor Kerryann Walsh
Children and Youth Research Centre (Co-Director, Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Program)
Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology

Professor Graham Vimpani
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Newcastle

April 2015