Lonne, Bob, and Thomson, Jane (2005) Critical review of Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into abuse of children in foster care: social work's contribution to reform. Australian Social Work, 58 (1). pp. 86-99.

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Abstract

This paper profiles Queensland's recent Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into the abuse of children in foster care. The authors welcome the outcome as an opportunity to highlight the problems encountered by child protection jurisdictions in Australia and internationally, and they applaud some of the Inquiry's findings. However, the paper argues that the path to reform is hampered by insufficient accountability by government and management, and an inadequate challenge to the ideologies underpinning contemporary child protection policy and practice. The authors conclude with a call to value and assert social work's contribution to child protection systems so as to vastly improve outcomes for children and families.

Item ID:	5978
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1447-0748
Keywords:	child abuse; foster care; inquiry
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2010 03:52
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1607 Social Work > 160703 Social Program Evaluation @ 100%
SEO Codes:	94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9401 Community Service (excl. Work) > 940105 Childrens/Youth Services and Childcare @ 100%
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