TY - BOOK AU - Price-Robertson, Rhys AU - Bromfield,Leah AU - Vassallo,Suzanne AU - Scott,Deborah ED - Child Family Community Australia TI - The prevalence of child abuse and neglect [electronic resource] SN - 9781921414305 SN - 1448-9112 PY - 2013/// CY - Melbourne, Vic PB - Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies KW - FVC KW - CHILD NEGLECT KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - PREVALENCE KW - STATISTICS KW - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE KW - CHILD ABUSE KW - AUSTRALIA N1 - CFCA resource sheet, July 2013; au N2 - The purpose of this Resource Sheet is to summarise the state of knowledge about the prevalence of child abuse and neglect in Australia. It provides an overview of Australian studies that have estimated the prevalence of the different forms of child maltreatment such as physical abuse, neglect, emotional maltreatment, the witnessing of family violence, and sexual abuse. The best available evidence suggests that the prevalence rate for the witnessing of family violence is between 12% and 23% in Australia. Originally written in 2010 and updated in 2013. The webpage provided access to other current information. UR - https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/prevalence-child-abuse-and-neglect ER -