"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 neg…
by Cooper, Andrew, Lorenz, Walter, Daniel, Brigid, Hart, Jason, Dare, Tim, Montgomery, Heather, Waterhouse, Lorraine, McGhee, Janice, Tisdall, E. Kay M., Spratt, Trevor, Pösö, Tarja, Arney, Fiona, McDougall, Stewart, Bromfield, Leah, O'Donnell, Melissa
fromResearch Highlights in Social Work
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 provid…
It has been widely noted in the social work literature that the practice of child protection is highly gendered. When it comes to child abuse, women come under more scrutiny and men, who are more likely to present a risk of harm to children, are not engaged with. This text takes…
Nick Axford investigates the main approaches to conceptualising child well-being, applies them to the child population using household survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services.
Nick Axford investigates the main approaches to conceptualising child well-being, applies them to the child population using household survey and agency audit data, then considers the implications for children's services.
This book provides an understanding of what child welfare is, explores how it can be measured and sets out the implications for children's services in incorporating child well-being into their work.
This book brings together insights from a range of disciplines, including law, sociology, criminology and history, to identify and explain the complex and inter-related factors which help or hinder the state to 'invest' in children and young people.
