Confronting Cruelty Child Protect Australia

Overview of the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia from 1896 to the present, from the point of view of the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (now the Children's Protection Society). Explores the evolving definitions and treatment of child abuse over time, and to what extent it is a modern phenomenon. Includes notes, bibliography and index. Scott is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. Swain is a Senior Lecturer at same.

Dr Dorothy Scott is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. She is a leading figure in the field of child protection in Australia, and is well known to ABC radio listeners for her contributions on child abuse and neglect.Dr Shurlee Swain is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. She has published widely in social welfare history.