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Informationen zum Autor The Violence Against Children Study Group is the author of Children, Child Abuse and Child Protection: Placing Children Centrally, published by Wiley. Klappentext Children, Child Abuse and Child Protection is the second book written by the Violence Against Children Study Group, a multidisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from a range of professional settings concerned with child protection. This book follows on from the highly successful Taking Child Abuse Seriously, published in 1990. This new volume gives an overview of the complex and uncertain political, moral and social context within which practitioners and managers attempt to work with children, families and others. The authors suggest factors that should be taken into consideration when refining policy and practice. The book reviews the development of improved policy and practices in child protection, placing children at the centre of policy, practice and discourse. The chapters explore the margins of the child protection system, and in particular how child protection interconnects or overlaps with other systems, such as health, police and education. This accessible text: provides a unique focus on the margins of the child protection system engages in current debates in social theory and social research makes suggestions for policy and practice Children, Child Abuse and Child Protection is a core text for students studying health, social care, social work and applied social studies. It is essential reading for practitioners and managers with responsibilities for child protection, and a valuable resource for social service and social work departments, local education authorities and welfare agencies. Zusammenfassung Children! Child Abuse and Child Protection is the second book written by the Violence Against Children Study Group! a multidisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from a range of professional settings concerned with child protection. This book follows on from the highly successful Taking Child Abuse Seriously! published in 1990. Inhaltsverzeichnis PLACING CHILDREN'S ISSUES AS CENTRAL. Black Children and the Child Protection System (G. Singh). Young Carers--The Contradictions of Being a Child Carer (E. Blyth & A. Waddell). Children and Adolescents Who Sexually Abuse (H. Masson). ISSUES OF GENDER AND GENERATION. Mothering and the Child Protection System (B. Featherstone). Child Protection and Domestic Violence: Pointers for Practitioners (A. Ashworth & M. Erooga). Ageism! Violence and Abuse--Theoretical and Practical Perspectives on the Links between 'Child Abuse' and 'Elder Abuse' (J. Hearn). ISSUES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTER-AGENCY WORKING. Decision-Making in Case Conferences--Meeting Whose Needs? (N. Kelly & Judith Milner). Schools and Child Protection (E. Blyth & H. Cooper). Primary Prevention in Child Protection: The Role of the Health Visitor (S. Smith). The Location of Child Protection in Relation to the Current Emphasis on Core Policing (C. Adams & C. Horrocks). AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESIDENTIAL CARE SYSTEM. 'Being There': Residential Care of Children and Young People (C. Horrocks & K. Karban). Sexuality! Sexual Abuse and Children's Home--Oppression or Protection? (L. Green & W. Parkin). Preventing Institutional Abuse: An Exploration of Children's Rights! Needs and Participation in Residential Care (J. Myers! et al.). Index. ...
