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dc.contributor.authorTilbury, Clare
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:00:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-06-01T06:52:28Z
dc.identifier.issn1369-6866
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00577.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/25992
dc.description.abstractSimilar to other wealthy countries with colonised indigenous populations, Australia's indigenous children, those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are seriously over-represented in the child welfare system. The specific dimensions of this problem warrant detailed examination. It is useful to consider factors such as rates of entry to care, length of stay and the nature of services in order to understand the problem more fully. This article uses child protection, out-of-home care, and juvenile justice administrative data to examine levels of disproportionality at key decision points in the child welfare system. The data show that child welfare interventions are persistently more intrusive for indigenous children, and that levels of disproportionality have not improved over time. More comprehensive child and family welfare policies are needed to address indigenous disadvantage. Despite calls by indigenous community agencies for more input to decision-making, their participation in the Australian child welfare system remains marginal.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom57
dc.relation.ispartofpageto64
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Social Welfare
dc.relation.ispartofvolume18
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial program evaluation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440903
dc.titleThe over-representation of indigenous children in the Australian child welfare system
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work
gro.rights.copyright© 2009 Blackwell Publishing. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The definitive version is available at www.interscience.wiley.com
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorTilbury, Clare


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