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- Title
Trends in reports of child maltreatment in the Northern Territory, 1999-2010.
- Authors
Guthridge, Steven L.; Ryan, Philip; Condon, John R.; Bromfield, Leah M.; Moss, John R.; Lynch, John W.
- Abstract
The article presents a study to examine trends in child maltreatment reports to the Northern Territory Department of Children and Families among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. It notes the increase in notifications highlighting the extent and tragedy of child maltreatment, which reached 286,437 involving 187,314 children in 2009-2010, with the Northern Territory showing a three-fold increase in five years. It finds that considerable increases were prominent among Aboriginal children.
- Subjects
NORTHERN Territory; TRENDS; CHILD abuse; INDIGENOUS children; FAMILIES
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2012, Vol 197, Issue 11/12, p637
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/mja12.10133