Children have rights even when they do wrong: (and even when they are called Rat Boy, Blip Boy, Spider Boy and Boomerang Boy)

Professor Chris Goddard

Professor Goddard is Visiting Professor in Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire, and Adjunct Research Professor in Education, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of South Australia. A major focus of Professor Goddard’s research has been the experiences of health and welfare workers in child protection practice. Professor Goddard has published many journal articles and book chapters. He has also written more than 50 newspaper articles for major newspapers, including The Age, The Australian, and The Sydney Morning Herald including, in recent years, opinion pieces on child abuse and child protection failures in churches. He is currently completing a study of child abuse deaths with Victoria Police.