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A comprehensive book of this complexity could not have been written without the assistance of many experts.

For critiquing the book in its entirety, I express my gratitude to Dr Kerryann Walsh, senior lecturer in the School of Early Childhood, Queensland University of Technology. Thanks also go to Professor Nigel Parton, the University of Huddersfield, UK, and Professor Chris Goddard, Director of the Child Abuse Research Centre, Monash University for assistance with the chapter on the politics of child abuse.

Thanks go to:

 Jonathan Humphrey on the Family Court

 Dr Annie Cossins, Senior Lecturer in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales and founder and Convenor of the National Child Sexual Assault Reform Committee – a high-level committee comprising all Directors of Public Prosecution, various District Court judges, academics, and Children`s Commissioners (amongst others) which met annually for 8 years – and an expert on children in the criminal court

 Professor Caroline Taylor, Foundation Chair in Social Justice and Head of the Social Justice Research Centre at Edith Cowan University

 For their major contributions to Chapter 3 on the effects of trauma on brain development and learning, thanks are due to distinguished Professor Laura Berk (State University of Illinois), Dr Victoria Whitington (University of South Australia) and Dr Bruce Perry, Senior Fellow of The Child Trauma Academy at Houston

 For critiquing chapters on child sex abuse and protection programmes, Owen Sanders, long-time manager of New Zealand Police Youth Education Services responsible for the design and support of the national child protection curriculum in schools and Gaye Brimacombe, Policy Advisor: Child Protection, SA Department of Education and Children’s Services

Thank you also to:

 Professor Kim Oates, University of Sydney and former CEO of the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, founder of the Child Development and Child Protection Units and holder of the inaugural Douglas Burrows Chair of Paediatrics and Child Health

 Dr Bev Orr, Board Member of Families Australia for her expertise on children in out-of-home care

 Chief Superintendent Chris Gould, Kid-Safe, Avon and Somerset Police, UK on safer student travel

 Dr Ian Lambie University of Auckland for his expertise on children and young people who exhibit problematic sexual behaviours

 Father Chris Riley and Associate Professor Chris Chamberlain (RMIT University) for assistance with the chapter on child homelessness

Photographs of burns on children and physical abuse were provided by Californian burn expert Phylip Peltier. Images of oral damage and diagrams were kindly donated by the Child Protection and Dental Team Project (COPDEND 2006) funded by the Department of Health, UK from Harris J, Sidebotham P, Welbury R et al. Child protection and the dental team: an introduction to safeguarding children in dental practice. COPDEND: Sheffield, 2006 and using Hobbs CJ, Wynne JM. Physical signs of child abuse. A colour atlas. 2nd ed. London: WB Saunders, 2001 used with the permission of Elsevier Books. Published in http://www.cpdt.org.uk/tab02/2_4_1_0.htm