01 May 2003 - 02 May 2003
Introduction
The sexual exploitation of children, both males and females, has occurred throughout history. However it has only been in the last few decades that it has been officially acknowledged with the relevant issues now beginning to be addressed. One of the key issues is the experiences of child complainants of sexual abuse in the justice system. This conference seeks to provide academics, researchers, lawyers, policy makers and practitioners from areas such as child protection, family law, community organisations and social welfare with a forum to discuss issues associated with child sexual abuse and the appropriate justice response and to identify best practice, share knowledge and develop strategies to address the relevant issues. Papers cover children and the legal system; child protection and Family Court disputes; child witnesses in the criminal justice system; alternative models for prosecuting offenders; and treatment programs for child sex offenders.Conference papers
Keynote address
- Major themes and challenges facing the family court (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Justice Sally Brown, Family Court of Australia
Overview of the issues
- Child sexual abuse and justice (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Emeritus Prof Freda Briggs, University of South Australia - Project Magellan
Prof Thea Brown, Monash University - Parental alienation syndrome : a paradigm for child abuse in Australian family law
Dr Elspeth McInnes, De Lissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies
Children and the legal system
- Out of the mouths of babes : what child complainants of sexual abuse think about the criminal justice system (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Dr Christine Eastwood, Queensland University of Technology - Focussing on the child
Paul Rofe, Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia; and Filomena Merlino, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia - Two sets of rules, two sets of law : Aboriginal kids are often at a double disadvantage (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Pamela Greer - 'Following black footprints' : Child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities : dynamics, complexities and solutions (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Vickie Fair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Child protection
- Medical model and child sexual abuse
Dr Sue Packer, Child At Risk Assessment Unit, Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory - Child protection and the family court of Western Australia : the experiences of children and protective parents
Alison Hay, Relationships Australia, Western Australia - Are children protected in the family court? A perspective from Western Australia
Suzanne Jenkins, Parkerville Children's Home, Western Australia
Family court disputes
- Parental alienation syndrome in family court disputes
Assoc Prof Carolyn Quadrio, University of New South Wales - Parent alienation syndrome revisited
Dr Lois Achimovich, Next Step Youth Drugs and Alcohol Services, Western Australia - Risk assessment for family court : advantages and disadvantages in using community-based family intervention for child sexual abuse risk assessments
Christabel Chamarette, SafeCare Inc
Issues and challenges
- 16 days of activism against gender violence : adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse : listen and believe community campaign and child sexual abuse
Tanja Stojadinovic, Women's Health Statewide, South Australia - The relationship between child sexual abuse, domestic violence and separating families
Marie Hume, South Australia - Child witnesses in the criminal justice system : the issue of vulnerability
Anna Whittam and Heidi Ehrat, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia
Research and practice
- Silent victims : the families of sexually abused children
Joy Conolly, Counselling and Clinical Psychologist, Queensland - The mother of the victim as potential supporter and protector : considerations and challenges
Anne Morris, Maternal Alienation Project, South Australia - Sibling incest offenders as a subset of adolescent sexual offenders
Sue Rayment-McHugh and Ian Nisbet, Griffith University, Queensland
Empowerment and protection
- Legally abused : the child sexual assault victim in the adult criminal court
David Kerr, Victim Support Service Inc, South Australia - Child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities
Dr Janet Stanley, Australian Institute of Family Studies; and Muriel Cadd and Julian Pocock, Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Keynote address
- Family law council : family law and child protection
Prof Patrick Parkinson, University of Sydney
Family law, the medical model and child protection
- Family law, the medical model and child protection
Robyn Layton QC, Barrister, Adelaide, South Australia - Child witnesses in the Western Australian criminal courts
The Hon Judge Hal Jackson, District Court of Western Australia, Perth - The tower of babel : health providers, child sexual abuse and the law (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Dr Richard Roylance, President, Protect All Children Today
Alternative models for prosecuting offenders
- The National Child Sexual Assault Reform Committee
Dr Annie Cossins, University of New South Wales - Perspectives from the Commissioner on alternative models for prosecuting offenders
Gillian Calvert, Commissioner for Children and Young People, NSW
Personal experiences of the family court system
Processes
- Child sexual assault : tracking from incident report to finalisation in court
Joy Wundersitz, Office of Crime Statistics and Research, South Australia - Institutional processes for dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse
Assoc Prof Tom Altobelli, University of Western Sydney - Lollies and whistles : beginnings and endings with a group for children with problematic sexualised behaviours
Caroline Whitehouse and Fraser Gough, Children's Protection Society; and Sue Morwood and Cris Chapman, Gatehouse Centre Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria
Treatment for offenders
- The incongruency of legislative and therapeutic paradigms in the treatment of adolescents who sexually offend (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Patrick Tidmarsh, MAPPS Program, Victoria - Ethical issues in the treatment of child sex offenders : a tightrope walk over a precipice of paradox
Peter Toman, Therapist, South Australia - The challenges of managing and responding to sibling sexual abuse
Helen Kambouridis, Gatehouse Centre for the Assessment and Treatment of Child Abuse, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria; and Karen Flanagan, Children's Protection Society, Victoria
Interventions
- Pre-trial therapy for child complainants of sexual abuse in the criminal justice system : forensic implications
Anna Maxwell, University of Queensland - Attitudes and beliefs towards family violence (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Kim Gleeson, University of South Australia - Managing unacceptable risk : the risk assessment and management of child sexual offenders
Steven Wright, University of South Australia
Responses
- The circle of courage : children as sacred beings. 'service learning', a strength-based intervention for young people (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Father Chris Riley, Youth Off The Streets - New specialist child sexual assault jurisdiction for New South Wales
Rebekah Rodger, Attorney-General's Department, New South Wales - Children and access to justice : let's get serious (ABSTRACT ONLY)
Filomena Merlino, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia
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