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- Title
A history of child protection.
- Authors
Tomison, Adam M.
- Abstract
The article gives an overview of the development of child protection and efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect. Cruelty to children has always occurred, and evidence of the mistreatment of children at the hands of adults has been described throughout the ages and across societies. There have also been attempts to improve aspects of child welfare in various cultures and at various times through history. In the last 50 years in particular, that the mistreatment of children has created ongoing, widespread public concern, and led to the development of government and non-government services designed to protect children from harm and prevent the occurrence of maltreatment. Specifically, the article focuses on efforts in western societies, particularly in Australia, since the discovery of child abuse in the 1960s, to protect children and prevent the occurrence of child maltreatment noting the cyclical nature of the professional response to child abuse and neglect. The term "child abuse" has become the umbrella term used to cover the various forms of maltreatment suffered by children at the hands of others.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; CHILD abuse; CHILD welfare; CRIMES against children; ABUSED children; SOCIETIES; SOCIAL work with children
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 60, p46
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article