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Child Abuse and the Media: Victoria introduces mandatory reporting after an intensive media campaign

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Chris Goddard  and
Max Liddell
Chris Goddard
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168
Max Liddell
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168
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Abstract

A version of this article was presented at the Fourth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, ‘Rights and Responsibilities: Wrongs and Remedies’, Brisbane, 11th - 15th July, 1993.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , 1993 , pp. 23 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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