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David Finkelhor

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The prevalence and impact of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study

Franziska Meinck, Holly Erskine, Hannah Thomas, David Lawrence, Eva Malacova

The Australian Child Maltreatment Study randomly surveyed 8503 randomly selected Australians (aged 16-65+). The researchers then generated the first, nationally representative rates of all five types of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence) and their associated outcomes in Australia. The findings underscore the moral and economic imperative...

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