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America's national incidence study of child abuse and neglect in 1996 estimated that between 20-30% of children identified as maltreated suffered a serious injury defined as long-term impairment of physical, mental and emotional capacities. Examples of such injuries included loss of consciousness, broken bones, third degree burns and schooling loss that required special educational services. In Australia the incidence of official records of child maltreatment during 2002-2003 was 198,355 reported cases. Of the 40,416 cases that were substantiated 34% of these cases accounted for neglect, 28% for physical abuse, 10% for sexual abuse and a further 34% for emotional abuse. These shocking and devastating statistics alone are reasons why the state should intervene early when families and children are at risk. We advocate that a proactive method towards child abuse should be taken rather than a reactive method to prevent abuse from even occurring in the first place. Risk factors are...

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