Re: International Child Abuse Statistics

["Jadynne Harvey" <jadynne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Australian child protection data and out of home care placement data is
available through the Australian institute of Heath and Welfare
(www.aihw.gov.au).

The most recent available data is contained in the volume "Child Protection
Australia: 1999-00" (see
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/6702 for the specific
link). From memory this also provides a list of retrospective statistics on
abuse and neglect allegations and substantiations nationally, and by state and
territory for the last twenty-five or so years.

I hope this is some use.

Jadynne Harvey
Department of Psychology
University of Adelaide
South Australia, Australia

Sheldon Levy wrote:

> We are looking for data on rates of reported child abuse and neglect in the
> EU countries plus Norway, Canada, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.
> We are specifically interested in changes of rates over the period
> 1980-2000. We are collecting this information for the purpose of the
> development of public policy related to prescription of psychoactive
> medication for children. Information from any of these countries would be
> most gratefully appreciated. I would be happy to discuss the public policy
> implications of this data to anyone who is interested.
>
> Thanks so very much for your help.
>
> Sheldon Levy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
> Director of International Programs
> Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention
> Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
> Adjunct Associate Professor of Community Health
> Brown University School of Medicine
> Staff Executive
> Governor's Advisory Council on Health
> and Consultant, Center for Child and Family Health
> Rhode Island Department of Human Services
> U.S.A.