Child abuse and prevention, 2003
An issues paper produced by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse surveys the scale of Indigenous child abuse and neglect (including the difficulty in obtaining comprehensive statistics), causes, Indigenous communities' reaction to prevention and intervention strategies, barriers to maximising service effectiveness and suggestions for dealing with the problems. We refer readers to that paper for information, rather than citing statistics without context or explanation on this page. The paper is available [viewed 28/11/2006] in html and pdf format from the NCPC web site. Stanley, J, Tomison AM and Pocock, J 2003, Child abuse prevention issues no. 19: Child abuse and neglect in Indigenous Australian communities, Spring 2003, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
Information can also be found in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's 2004 publication A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia [viewed 28/11/2006].