Webb et al.'s study of Family Court judgements involving allegations of child sexual abuse has yielded much valuable statistical data. It demonstrates that only 12 per cent of fully contested cases where an allegation of sexual abuse is made result in a finding that a child is exposed to an unacceptable risk of sexual abuse. This commentary seeks to explain this low percentage by reference to the cohort of cases that fall for judicial determination in the Family Court. The fully contested cases are disproportionately those in which police, child protection department staff or independent evaluators have been unable to reach a clear view. Typically, these cases involve children under 7 years old. The Family Court is the “too hard basket” of the child protection system, and so the low level of findings of unacceptable risk is not necessarily indicative of systemic failure.

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不可接受风险的调查结果——对 Webb 等人在澳大利亚家庭法院对儿童性虐待指控的分析的评论

Webb 等人对涉及儿童性虐待指控的家庭法院判决的研究产生了许多有价值的统计数据。它表明，在提出性虐待指控的充分争议案件中，只有 12% 的结果是认定儿童面临不可接受的性虐待风险。本评论试图通过参考属于家庭法院司法裁决的案件群来解释这一低百分比。完全有争议的案件多是警察、儿童保护部门工作人员或独立评估人员无法明确判断的案件。通常，这些案件涉及 7 岁以下的儿童。家事法庭是儿童保护制度的“硬篮子”，