Monday, May 12, 2014

The law is a blunt weapon to be used carefully

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The  Guardian  newspaper in the UK is reporting on a proposed law in the state of Victoria, Australia that would create a criminal offence ...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

The war on drugs is a war on children

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There have been two publications in the past week or so that have struck me as profound evidence that the war on drugs is an utter failure....
Saturday, April 26, 2014

The impact of child abuse - greater than we might imagine

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It became one of those quick national stories that flips onto the front pages for a day and is then lost. But that surely should not be the...
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Monday, April 21, 2014

Aging out - or being dropped off?

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A recent editorial on  the US news network CNN  spoke about the degree to which youth in child protection care are becoming abandoned as th...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Adoption breakdowns

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New research in the United Kingdom is helping us to better understand what is most likely to lead to an adoption breakdown. These are tragi...
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Saturday, April 5, 2014

The use of art for child sexual abuse investigations

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Imagine you are investigating allegations of sexual abuse. You want to gain as accurate a disclosure as possible, with as much detail while...
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Sibling Abuse as a Child Protection Issue

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I recall some years back a family that I and a colleague were working with. Child protection had become involved due to parental behaviours...