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Author Waterhouse, Lorraine

Title Challenging Child Protection : New Directions in Safeguarding Children
Published London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (186 pages)
Series Research Highlights in Social Work
Research highlights in social work.
Contents Blank Page; Challenging Child Protection: New Directions in Safeguarding Children; Aknowledgements; Introduction: Challenging Child Protection and Safeguarding Children; Part 1. Challenge One: Examining Preconceptions About Childhood and Harm to Children ; 1. The Treatment of Childhood; 2. The Dynamics of Culture; 3. The Rule of Law; 4. Armed Conflict and Political Violence; Part 2. Challenge Two: Reviewing the Evidence ; 5. The Ethics of Predictive Risk Modelling ; 6. Safeguarding Children Research: A United Kingdom Perspective; 7. Research in Child Abuse and Neglect: A Finnish Perspective
8. Research in Child Protection: An Australian Perspective9. Advances from Public Health Research; Part 3. Challenge Three: Working with Children and Families; 10. Integrating Family Support and Child Protection in Child Neglect; 11. Relationships in Practice: 'Practitioner-Mother Relationships and the Processes that Bind Them'; 12. Emotional and Relational Capacities for Doing Child Protection Work; Contributor Profiles; References; Subject Index; Blank Page; Author Index
Summary Challenging Child Protection offers a ground-breaking new perspective which will illuminate and improve the professional understanding and practice of social workers and child protection workers. Taking a fresh look at the principles underlying child protection, this book provides a thought-provoking analysis of the evidence base which underpins professional understanding and intervention. It outlines the ways in which agencies have worked to prevent child abuse and neglect and traces key changes in UK policy, as well as situating these amid wider trends in Europe. With contributions from a wid
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Child welfare.
Children -- Services for.
Child abuse -- Prevention
Child Abuse.
Social Work.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Child abuse -- Prevention
Child welfare
Children -- Services for
Form Electronic book
Author McGhee, Janice
Daniel, Brigid
Cooper, Andrew
Tisdall, E. Kay M.
Hart, Jason
Spratt, Trevor
Pösö, Tarja
Arney, Fiona
McDougall, Stewart
Bromfield, Leah
Lorenz, Walter
Montgomery, Heather
Dare, Tim
O'Donnell, Melissa
ISBN 9780857007605
0857007602