Child Sexual Abuse in Indigenous Communities
Child Sexual Abuse in Indigenous Communities Conference Paper
Paper presented at the Child Sexual Abuse: Justice Response or Alternative Resolution Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology
- Author(s): Janet Stanley, Muriel Cadd, Julian Pocock
- Published: 2003
Abstract: This paper will talk about the following issues: · The extent of child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities; · The complications around understanding the problem - why it is even more difficult to understand child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities than in the non-Indigenous population; · The contribution of past and present trauma experienced by Indigenous people to the present problem of child sexual abuse; · Cultural clashes in the child protection system - how one cultural model of operating is imposing on another cultural model of operating; and, · The way forward, moving beyond consultation to negotiation.
- Urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20160401184520/http://aic.gov.au/media_library/conferences/2003-abuse/stanley.pdf
- Publisher Location: Adelaide