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An evaluation of Operation RESET : An initiative for addressing child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities Glenn Mace, Martine B. Powell and Mairi Benson

By: Mace, Glenn.
Contributor(s): Powell, Martine B | Benson, Mairi.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology.Publisher: Sage, 2015Subject(s): ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES | CHILD PROTECTION | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | EVALUATION | INTERVENTION | POLICE | RURAL AREAS | RURAL YOUTH | SOCIAL SERVICES | AUSTRALIA | WESTERN AUSTRALIA | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | CHILD ABUSE | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSEOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2015, 48(1): 82–103Summary: This paper presents a qualitative evaluation of Operation RESET: a multi-agency child protection strategy for remote Western Australian Aboriginal communities. RESET is a proactive engagement strategy involving a mobile multi-disciplinary specialist child abuse team comprising detectives and social workers. It is underpinned by the principles that preventing and responding to child sexual abuse must be a shared responsibility, address the underlying causes and contextual issues and enhance children’s safety and well-being by empowering families and communities. The evaluation procedure consisted of in-depth interviews with 64 stakeholders of various backgrounds and affiliations who lived or worked in regions where RESET had been deployed for the past 18 months.(from the abstract). Record #4620
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2015, 48(1): 82–103

This paper presents a qualitative evaluation of Operation RESET: a multi-agency child protection strategy for remote Western Australian Aboriginal communities. RESET is a proactive engagement strategy involving a mobile multi-disciplinary specialist child abuse team comprising
detectives and social workers. It is underpinned by the principles that preventing and responding to child sexual abuse must be a shared responsibility, address the underlying causes and contextual issues and enhance children’s safety and well-being by empowering
families and communities. The evaluation procedure consisted of in-depth interviews with 64 stakeholders of various backgrounds and affiliations who lived or worked in regions where RESET had been deployed for the past 18 months.(from the abstract). Record #4620