Child protection work and services involve a set of services by a government whose provision enhances the positive development of the underage and vulnerable children in the context of the family and community (AIHW, 2011).
It focuses on the child by addressing all factors within the family that predispose a child to neglect and abuse.
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The government strategy for the Child Protection needs appraising as the current methods of data collection and reporting standards.
The continued use of quantitative reports on the well-being of the children by social workers strips a handsome amount of time to protect the child whereby they use much of the time in filling a lot of paperwork.
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Australian child protection policy has continuously developed over time to focus on the family as a bridge in enhancing the protection of a child.
Building capacity to improve family relationships through counseling the parents, providing support services in addition to improving the environment of the child at home are among the strategies that the government has put in place.
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According to the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child, a child ought to grow in a context that is devoid of neglect and abuse (AIHW, 2009).
As such, protection of children from maltreatment and vulnerability remains hugely the mandate of the governments of the signatory members and does not imply an extension of community interests in running family relationships as prevalent notions have it.
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Alcohol addiction among police officers is as common as the crimes they dedicate their lives to ending. Alcohol abuse and addiction can result from many causes. Key among them is posttraumatic stress disorder, which mostly affects those officers returning home from war, those who have been exposed to extreme violent crimes or other incidents that may affect their psychological and emotional stability.
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Muharrar affirms that Washington and Hicks later filed a suit for arbitrary arrest and intrusion of privacy in the controversial Washington and Hicks v The state of California lawsuit. The plaintiffs did not recover any compensation the judged ruled in favour of the federal government claiming that in that particular case, the threshold for legal redress had not been reached. (Muharrar, 1998)
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As early as 1994, at the Vancouver conference dubbed “writing through race”, it was revealed that the media was responsible for distortion of information that was critical and touched down the lives of the minorities.
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Two years ago I passed an interview and secured a temporary job in one of the manufacturing industries in the country. From face value, the job looked quite lucrative. When I started working, I observed that top management was dominated by Whites and some employees were closely related to the Managing Director of the company.
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It should be noted that abortion is not opted only by young schooling teens and incapable young parents but also by victims of rape who are not willing to bring to the world children who are not a product of love. It is notable that not all victims of rape are willing and bold enough to report the criminal acts against them and thus pursue medical care and prevent pregnancies.
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For instance, most of the white teenagers in conflict with the law are let to walk free with a word of caution (Cunneen, 2001). Statistics representing this findings also indicate that the aboriginals teenagers a more likely to be jailed without prior caution (Everett, 2010).
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