National comparison of cross-agency practice in investigating and responding to severe child abuse : a report to the NSW Ombudsman's Office (Report 1 of 2)
Herbert, James L.
National comparison of cross-agency practice in investigating and responding to severe child abuse : a report to the NSW Ombudsman's Office (Report 1 of 2) James Herbert and Leah Bromfield - Adelaide, SA : Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia, 2017 - electronic document (71 pages) ; PDF file: 1.52 MB
This report summarises a comparison of Australian and select international jurisdictions against the approach of the Joint Investigation Response Team (JIRT) model in New South Wales. The structure of this report includes a brief rationale for the characteristics compared, a narrative summary of cross-agency responses in Australia, a narrative summary of selected cross-agency responses in equivalent international jurisdictions, and a detailed comparison of responses in Australian jurisdictions.
This report reviewed a variety of international MDT models to better understand cross-agency practices in comparable jurisdictions. The included jurisdictions were judged to be comparable liberal democracies with similar social and economic conditions. The review included a brief narrative discussion of prominent international collaborative models. These include Child Advocacy Centres in the United States and Canada, Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (United Kingdom), Joint Child Abuse Investigation Teams (Scotland), Barnahus (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, & Iceland), and Puawaitahi (New Zealand). These are briefly compared to the JIRT model. (From the Executive summary). Record #5653
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
CHILD PROTECTION
INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
INTERVENTION
JUSTICE
POLICE
POLICE PROCEDURES
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
GREENLAND
ICELAND
NEW ZEALAND
SCOTLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
National comparison of cross-agency practice in investigating and responding to severe child abuse : a report to the NSW Ombudsman's Office (Report 1 of 2) James Herbert and Leah Bromfield - Adelaide, SA : Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia, 2017 - electronic document (71 pages) ; PDF file: 1.52 MB
This report summarises a comparison of Australian and select international jurisdictions against the approach of the Joint Investigation Response Team (JIRT) model in New South Wales. The structure of this report includes a brief rationale for the characteristics compared, a narrative summary of cross-agency responses in Australia, a narrative summary of selected cross-agency responses in equivalent international jurisdictions, and a detailed comparison of responses in Australian jurisdictions.
This report reviewed a variety of international MDT models to better understand cross-agency practices in comparable jurisdictions. The included jurisdictions were judged to be comparable liberal democracies with similar social and economic conditions. The review included a brief narrative discussion of prominent international collaborative models. These include Child Advocacy Centres in the United States and Canada, Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (United Kingdom), Joint Child Abuse Investigation Teams (Scotland), Barnahus (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, & Iceland), and Puawaitahi (New Zealand). These are briefly compared to the JIRT model. (From the Executive summary). Record #5653
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
CHILD PROTECTION
INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
INTERVENTION
JUSTICE
POLICE
POLICE PROCEDURES
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
DENMARK
FINLAND
GREENLAND
ICELAND
NEW ZEALAND
SCOTLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES