Capacity Building in Child Protection Project Publications

Nathan Harris with Mary Ivec, Morag McArthur, Linda Gosnell, Tali Gal, Sharynne Hamilton, Valerie Braithwaite

Third parties (* indicates directly relevant to workshop)

*Braithwaite, V. & Ivec, M. (2024) “How about being trustworthy rather than asking families to trust?”: A prerequisite for child protection authorities partnering with Indigenous communities. International Journal on Child Maltreatment June 20 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-024-00200-4

*Braithwaite, V. & Ivec, M. (2022) Policing child protection: Motivational postures of contesting third parties. Asian Journal of Criminology, 17, 425-448.

*Braithwaite, V. & Ivec, M. (2021) Listening, learning and collaborating through an inclusive National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children. International Journal on Child Maltreatment 4(4), 455-475. A longer version of this paper is published as:

Braithwaite, V. & Ivec, M. (2021) National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children: Fixing Problems with Collective Hope? Social Capital Working Paper 2, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), ANU.

Hamilton, S., Cleland, D. & Braithwaite, V. (2020) ‘Why can’t we help protect children too?’ Stigma by association among community workers in child protection and its consequences. Community Development Journal, 55(3), 452–472.

Hamilton, S. & Braithwaite, V. (2014) Complex lives, complex needs, complex service systems, Regulatory Institutions Network Occasional Paper 21, Australian National University.

*Ivec, M., Braithwaite, V. & Reinhart, M. (2011) A national survey on perceptions of how child protection authorities work 2010: The perspective of third parties – Preliminary findings, Regulatory Institutions Network Occasional Paper 16, Australian National University.

Carers and parents

Hamilton, S. & Braithwaite, V. (2014) Parents and Family Members Matter: a Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for Parents and Family Members with Children in the Care of Child Protection Services in Australia (August 2014), Regulatory Institutions Network Occasional Paper 22, Australian National University. The basis for the Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT) Charter for Parents and Families involved with the ACT Child Protection System: https://www.act.gov.au/open/charter-for-parents-and-families-involved-with-act-child-protection-services

Ivec, M., Braithwaite, V. & Harris, N. (2012) ‘Resetting the relationship’ in Indigenous child protection: Public hope and private reality. Law and Policy, 34(1), 80-103.

Harris, N. (2012) Assessment: when does it help and when does it hinder? Parents’ experiences of the assessment process. Child and Family Social Work, 17(2), 180–191.

Harris, N. & Gosnell, L. (2012) From the Perspective of Parents: Interviews following a Child Protection Investigation - Preliminary Findings. RegNet Occasional Paper No. 18. Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, Canberra.

Child protection staff

McArthur, M., Braithwaite, V., Winkworth, G., Wilson, F., Conroy, S., Thomson, B., Ivec, M., Harris, N. & Reinhart, M. (2011) How relevant is the role of values in child protection practice? A national survey of child protection staff 2009 – Preliminary findings, Regulatory Institutions Network Occasional Paper 17, Australian National University.

General: System Injustice and Restorative Justice 

Braithwaite, V. (2021) Institutional oppression that silences child protection reform. International Journal on Child Maltreatment, 4(1), 49-71.

Braithwaite, V. (2014) Back to the Future: A failure to Learn from Past Mistakes in Child Protection, Advance Winter Magazine, pp. 41-42, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.

Harris, N. (2011) Does Responsive Regulation Offer an Alternative? Questioning the Role of Formalistic Assessment in Child Protection Investigations. British Journal of Social Work, 41(7), 1383-1403.

Braithwaite, V., Harris, N. & Ivec, M. (2009) Seeking to clarify child protection’s regulatory principles. Communities. Children and Families Australia, 4(1), 5-21.

Harris, N., Braithwaite, V. & Ivec, M. (2009) Rejoinder: A responsive approach to child protection. Communities. Children and Families Australia, 4(1), 69-75.

Bessell, S. & Gal, T. (2009) Forming partnerships: The human rights of children in need of care and protection. The International Journal of Children's Rights, 17 (2), 283-298.

Harris, N. & Wood, J. (2008) Governing beyond command and control: A responsive and nodal approach to child protection. Chapter in Surveillance and Governance: Crime Control and Beyond, Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance,10, 327-44.

Harris, N. (2008) Family group conferencing in Australia15 years on.

National Child Protection Clearinghouse: Child Abuse Prevention Issues,  No 27, Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Harris, N.  (2008) Mapping the Adoption of Family Group Conferencing in Australian States and Territories. Occasional Paper Series, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia.