WELF3001 Child Abuse as a Social Issue
Assignment 2: Annotated Bibliography

Team/Individual task: Individual

Word/time limit: 750 words (+/- 10%)

Weighting: 30%

Due date: 5pm AEDT Monday 27 October 2025 (Week 9)

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Assignment overview

Choose a topic from a list provided that you are interested in and annotate three (3) references on your topic. You will create three written annotations (200 words each) of peer-reviewed sources (note: these sources should be current i.e. published after the year 2012) and a concluding summary (150 words) of the literature on your topic.

This assignment supports Subject Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4.

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Assignment details

Step 1: Choose one topic from the list below that you are interested in.

Step 2: Annotate three references on your topic. Two relevant articles have been listed for you, but you will need to find a third relevant article. Remember that your source must be current (after the year 2012).

Step 3: Write a concise topic summary of about 150 words, discussing what you have learned about this topic from your three annotations. Some questions that might help you are:

What is the key issue or practice gap to consider?

What is best practice in this area?

What are the authors suggesting needs to change?

Do they all agree?

What are some of the solutions that the authors are putting forward?

In summary:

There are three annotations of 200 words each and a topic summary of 150 words (total of 750 words). List the annotations in alphabetical order by author surname.

No additional reference list is needed.

A list of resources can be found in the WSU Library, Annotated Bibliographies (n.d.) to assist you to construct your annotations.

Topics

Choose one of the following topics and accompanying peer-reviewed sources.

1. Child protection of children from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background

A qualitative study on the pros and cons of ethically matching culturally and linguistically (CALD) client families and child protection caseworkers (Sawrika 2013, pp. 321-331)

Maintaining culture and supporting cultural identity in foster care placements (Waniganayake et al. 2019, pp. 365-377)

2. Child protection of children with a disability

Disabled children and the child protection system: a cause for concern (Taylor, Stalker & Stewart 2016, pp. 60-73)

Theorizing disability in child protection: applying critical disability studies to the elevated risk of abuse for disabled children (Flynn 2020, pp. 949-971)

3. Child protection of Aboriginal children and young people

When will the stolen generations end? A qualitative critical exploration of contemporary 'child protection' practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (Funston & Herring 2016, pp. 51-58)

Cultural safety in child protection: application to the workplace environment and casework practice (Zon et al. 2004, pp. 288-289)

4. Child protection of children living in low socioeconomic environments

Poverty, exclusion and child protection practice: the contribution of 'the politics of recognition & respect (Gupta, Blumhardt & ATD Fourth World 2018, pp. 247-259)

Beyond the homelessness. crisis accommodation, poverty and child protection cycle: supportive housing for families with children and young people (Shane & Adam 2021, pp. 48-55)

5. Child protection and domestic violence

Practitioner perspectives on collaboration across domestic violence.child protection, and family law: who's minding the gap? (Laing, Heward-Belle & Toivonen 2018, pp. 215-227)

History repeating: child protection responses to domestic violence (Humphreys & Absler 2011, pp. 464-473).

Assignment Tip

View the marking guide under 'Assignment criteria' to see a detailed breakdown of how your work will be assessed. This is an excellent place to start your preparations for this assignment.

Refer back to the marking guide frequently to make sure you are meeting the requirements.

Supporting Documents

Exemplars

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Assignment 2 Exemplar 1: High Distinction (PDF 91 KB).

Assignment 2 Exemplar 2: Fail (PDF 36 KB).

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Supporting resources

Annotated bibliographies: What they are and how to prepare one (Western Sydney University Library 2016).

Harvard WesternSydU referencing style guide (PDF 199 KB) (Western Sydney University Library 2019). Harvard WesternSydU style - In-text citations (Western Sydney University Library 2020).

Library Study Smart B-a library resource that assists you in completing your assignments (Western Sydney University Library, 2021).

Western Sydney University Library has further information about referencing on their Referencing and citation page.

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Marking Guide

Criteria 1

Identification of key concepts. The degree to which the main ideas have been accurately stated.

HD: Sources are highly relevant to the topic; all the main ideas are extremely. accurate; concise and/or provides a comprehensive summary of the source.

Criteria 2

Analysis. The insight provided by the evaluation of these main ideas, including comments about how sources compare with each other.

HD: Excellent, insightful evaluation of the topic with depth; Comprehensive detail in the concluding summary.