Child Abuse Reporting Statistics 1992-2007

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 26/06/2025

Child abuse and the processes associated with the identification and management of possible abuse are defined under the Children Youth and Families Act 2005.  Child abuse is an act by parents or caregivers which endangers a child or young person's physical or emotional health or development. Child abuse can be a single incident, but usually takes place over time.  In Victoria, under the Children Youth and Families Act 2005 a child or young person is a person under eighteen years of age.

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Title Child Abuse Reporting Statistics 1992-2007
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/309e9ec1-e8c3-4fa2-acc2-57730b96be90
Remote Last Updated 17/12/2024
Contact Point
Department of Health and Human Services
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 21/02/2011
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Child Abuse Reporting Statistics 1992-2007". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/child-abuse-reporting-statistics-1992-2007