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Child abuse, systems abuse and media coverage: A tale of a young woman’s courage in Victoria’s Supreme Court

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Chris Goddard
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Abstract

The media play important roles in fighting child abuse at all levels. Reports of individual cases may be criticised as seeking to sensationalise, but in some circumstances the true horror of child abuse is missed or too terrible to report. A recent case in Victoria’s Supreme Court received prominent media coverage and led to demands that more be done to protect children in court proceedings.

Type
Not the Last Word: Point and Counterpoint
Information
Children Australia , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 2000 , pp. 37 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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