Children Australia: Volume 21 -

Read all about it!: Read all about it!: Unless it's the trial of Rosemary West.…
Chris Goddard
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29 February 2016, pp. 35-37
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Self-censorship is not a quality usually associated with the British tabloid press. The trial of Rosemary West, it is reported, led to a change of perspective, with sanitisation of the court-reporting being decided upon for commercial reasons. A recent book, on another widely-reported British case of child abuse and domestic violence, is reviewed to suggest that an understanding of the effects of violence on victims will be achieved only if we allow the whole stories to be told.

An uncomfortable lack of balance?: Writing for the media about child abuse
Chris Goddard
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29 February 2016, pp. 40-43
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Working with the media is not without risk. Using a piece submitted to the print media, and what happened to it, as a case study, this article suggests that we have to continue to use the media to set the public policy agenda whilst accepting that sometimes our work will be modified.

Child abuse and child protection: A guide for health, education and welfare workers
Chris Goddard
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29 February 2016, p. 44
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