Why NZ law should require everyone to report known or suspected child sexual abuse
- Written by Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs, Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Psychology, University of Canterbury
Getty ImagesAs the Abuse in Care Royal Commission inquiry has shown, the lifelong and intergenerational consequences of child abuse are devastating. Many children placed in state and religious institutions – often having already experienced harm and hurt – were then abused by those tasked with caring for them.
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