Child Abuse ReviewVolume 5, Issue 5 p. 301-309 EditorialFree Access Read all about it! The news about child abuse Chris Goddard, Chris Goddard Associate Professor, Social Work, Monash University, and Vice-President, Australians Against Child Abuse. Child Abuse & Family Violence Research Unit, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author Chris Goddard, Chris Goddard Associate Professor, Social Work, Monash University, and Vice-President, Australians Against Child Abuse. Child Abuse & Family Violence Research Unit, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1996 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199612)5:5<301::AID-CAR295>3.0.CO;2-HCitations: 20AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References Altheide, D. L. (1996). Qualitative media analysis. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Costin, L. B., Karger, H. J. and Stoesz, D. (1996). The politics of child abuse in America. New York: Oxford University Press. Edwards, A. R. (1975). Images of deviance in the press. In A. R. Edwards and P. R. Wilson (eds.) Social deviance in Australia, (pp. 58– 74). Melbourne: Longman Cheshire. Eldridge, J. (1995). III news comes often on the back of worse. In J. Eldridge (Ed.) Glasgow Media Group Reader, Volume 1: News content, language and visuals (pp. 27– 38). London; Routledge. Elmer, E. (1960). Abused young children seen in hospitals. Social Work, 5 (4), 98– 102. Ericson, R. V. (1995). Introduction. In R. V. Ericson (ed.) Crime and the media (pp. 1– 13). Ericson, R., Baranek, P. and Chan, J. (1987). Visualising deviance: A study of a news organisation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Finkelhor, D. (1994), The ‘backlash’ and the future of child protection advocacy. In J. E. B. Myers (ed.) The backlash: child protection under fire (pp. 1– 16). Thousand Oaks: Sage. Goddard, C. R. (1996a). Child abuse and child protection: A guide for health, education and welfare workers. Melbourne: Churchill Livingstone. Goddard, C. R. (1996b). The child care challenge. The Age, 21 June. Goddard, C. R. and Carew, R. M. (1993). Responding to children: Child welfare practice. Melbourne: Longman Cheshire. Goddard, C. R. and Liddell, M. J. (1993). Child abuse and the media: Victoria introduces mandatory reporting after an intensive media campaign. Children Australia 15, 12– 15. Goddard, C. R. and Liddell, M. J. (1995). Child abuse fatalities and the media: Lessons from a case study. Child Abuse Review, 4, 356– 364. Grabosky, P. and Wilson P. (1989). Journalism and Justice: How crime is reported. Sydney: Pluto Press. Hutson, S. and Liddiard, M. (1994). Youth homelessness: The construction of a social issue. Basingstoke: Macmillan. Jenkins, P. (1996). Pedophiles and priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary crisis. New York: Oxford University Press. Katz, J. (1987), What makes crime ‘news’? Media, Culture and Society, 9, 47– 75. Kempe, C. H., Siiverman, F. N., Steele, B. F. Droegemuller, W. and Silver, H. K. (1962). The battered-child syndrome. Journal of the American Medical Association. 181, 17– 24. Lynch, M. A. (1985). Child abuse before Kempe: An historical literature review. Child Abuse and Neglect, 9 (1), 7– 15. McGregor, J. (1993). Crime news as prime news in New Zealand's metropolitan press. Auckland: Legal Research Foundation. Manoff, R. C. (1986). Writing the news (by telling the ‘story’). In R. C. Manoff and M. Schnudson (eds.) Reading the news (pp. 228– 229). New York: Pantheon. (cited in Eldridge, 1995). Nava, M. (1988). Cleveland and the press: Outrage and anxiety in the reporting of child sexual abuse. Feminist Review, 28, 103– 121. Nelson, B. J. (1984). Making an issue of child abuse: Political agenda setting for social problems. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Schlesinger, P., Tumber, H. and Murdock, G. (1991). The media politics of crime and criminal justice. British Journal of Sociology, 42 (3), 397– 420. Surette, R. (1992). Media, crime and criminal justice: images and realities. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole. Taylor, L. and Newberger, E. J. (1979). Child abuse in the International year of the Child, New England Journal of Medicine, 301 (22), 1205– 1212. Wilkinson, T. (1980). Covering abuse: Content and policy: Gaining access. In G. Gerbner, C. J. Ross and E. Ztgler (eds.) Child abuse: An agenda for action (pp. 249– 252). New York: Oxford Univfirsity Press. Citing Literature Volume5, Issue5December 1996Pages 301-309 ReferencesRelatedInformation