Investing in Children - Rights, Responsibilities and Risk

Informationen zum Autor Christine Piper is Professor of Law at Brunel University. Her research and teaching interests are in child and family law and policy, as well as youth justice and sentencing. She is on the Editorial Board of Child and Family Law Quarterly and is a member of the Criminal Justice Research Group based in BLS and of the Child and Youth Research Centre at Brunel University. Zusammenfassung This multi-disciplinary book brings together insights from 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part 1: Remodelling the Components: Children, Families and Risk 1. The 'Problem' of Spending on Children 2. Transforming Parliament's Children 3. Upgrading Risk-based Investment in Children 4. Reconstructing Parental Responsibility Part 2: The Mechanisms for, and Success of, Investment Policies 5. The Science of Prevention: Constructing and Assessing Risk 6. Law's Role in Investment 7. Investing in Early Intervention: Addressing the Risk Factors 8. The Right Mix of Parents, Policy, Science and Law

Product details

• Authors: Christine Piper, Christine (Brunel University Piper
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9781843923251
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-325-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Juvenile Criminal Law