Description
Book SynopsisChildren, 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.
Trade Review??a well-researched and readable book that should be essential reading for all professionals working with children?? (Debate, September 2004)
Table of ContentsPLACING 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.
