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The prevention of child abuse, part one: Community resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Russell M.F. Hawkins ,
Rosalie A. McDonald ,
Sandra Davison  and
Steve R. Coy
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Abstract

The literature reveals greater emphasis on the causes and consequences of child abuse than on its prevention. A field study in an Australian capital city shows that while substantial amounts of information and services for people experiencing problems with parenting exist in the community, access to these sources is problematic. Improvements in efficiency or increases in funding will not, by themselves resolve the problem and strategies to change the more fundamental problem of public denial of the problem of child abuse will be required.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , 1994 , pp. 22 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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