Remaking collective knowledge: An analysis of the complex and multiple effects of inquiries into historical institutional child abuse

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dc.contributor.authorWright, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-07T18:47:46Z
dc.date.available2017-11-07T18:47:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis article provides an overview and critical analysis of inquiries into historical institutional child abuse and examines their multiple functions and complex effects. The article takes a broadly international view but focuses primarily on Australia, the UK and Ireland, jurisdictions in which there have been major national inquiries. Drawing on sociological and other social science literature, it begins by considering the forms, functions, and purposes of inquiries. An overview of emergent concerns with institutional abuse in the 1980s and 1990s is then provided, followed by an examination of the response of many governments since that time in establishing inquiries. Key findings and recommendations are considered. The final sections of the article explore the evaluation of inquiries, both during their operation and in their aftermath. Policy change and legislative reform are discussed but the focus is on aspects often underplayed or overlooked, including an inquiry’s credibility, its role in processes of knowledge production, and the part it plays in producing social and cultural shifts. In the context of growing numbers of inquiries across Western democracies, including the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, it is argued that grasping the complexity of the inquiry mechanism, with its inherent tensions and its multiple effects, is crucial to evaluating inquiry outcomes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipChild abuse; Public inquiries; Evaluating inquiries; Institutional child abuse; Historical abuse inquiries; Royal Commission into Institutional; Responses to Child Sexual Abuseen_US
dc.identifier.citationWright, K. (2017). Remaking collective knowledge: An analysis of the complex and multiple effects of inquiries into historical institutional child abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213417303198
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3591
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChild Abuse & Neglecten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectPublic inquiriesen_US
dc.subjectEvaluating inquiriesen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional abuseen_US
dc.subjecthistorical abuseen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.titleRemaking collective knowledge: An analysis of the complex and multiple effects of inquiries into historical institutional child abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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