Family Law Act Reform : the potential for screening and risk assessment for family violence / Rochelle Braaf, Clare Sneddon.

Sydney : Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2007.

70599

Australia. -- Family Law Act 1975.

Australia. -- Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006.

Child abuse -- Prevention -- Australia.

Risk assessment.

This paper reviews literature and research on screening and risk assessment where these practices have been used in health and criminal justice settings to identify and address family violence. The paper considers the strengths and limitations of the tools in those contexts, their capacity to form the basis of a risk management approach and examples of good practice. - extract from publication.

"February 2007."

Includes bibliographic references.

1443-8496

34 pages ; 30 cm