NCJ Number
73400
Editor(s)
J A Scutt
Date Published
1980
Length
110 pages
Annotation
The contributions of participants at the Seminar on Children and Family Violence which took place in Australia from November 26 to 30, 1979, are published.
Abstract
The seminar was attended by approximately 60 persons from all parts of Australia including lawyers, social workers, sociologists, academics, psychologists and psychiatrists, law enforcement officers, community health workers, and representatives from various government departments. The goals of the seminar were the stimulation of collaboration among domestic violence experts and a scrutiny of existing Australian programs concerning domestic violence. The published papers, which served as a basis for discussion, focused on four major subject areas. Background papers chart out the subject from a sociological and a government point of view. Six papers analyze the violence itself including child abuse, spouse beating, sibling aggression, and marital murder. The third topic discusses Australian legal conditions with regard to child abuse reporting, marital rape, and compensation for victims of domestic violence emphasizing comparable foreign legislation. The final topic analyzes Australian agencies, such as the South Australian Crisis Care Unit, in charge of domestic violence victims and offenders. A list of 9 conference resolutions concerning such areas as corporal punishment, police and court official training, victim compensation, and legal assistance is included. A summary of conference highlights, a listing of conference participants, and a bibliography of ca. 100 entries are appended. Related documents: NCJ 73401-07.