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Book SynopsisLessons from child protection errors and mistakes in 11 countries in Europe and North America are drawn together in a stimulating study from leading researchers in the field. By comparing and contrasting impacts, responses and responsibilities, it deepens understanding of how child protection systems fail and points to ideas for risk reduction.
Table of Contents1 Errors and mistakes in child protection: an introduction Kay Biesel, Judith Masson, Nigel Parton and Tarja Pösö 2 Errors and mistakes in child protection: understandings and responsibilities Kay Biesel and Michelle Cottier 3 England: attempting to learn from mistakes in an increasingly ‘risk averse’ professional context Judith Masson and Nigel Parton 4 The social construction of child abuse in Ireland: public discourse, policy challenges and practice failures Caroline Shore and Fred Powell 5 The level- headed approach on errors and mistakes in Dutch child protection: an individual duty or a shared responsibility? Kirti Zeijlmans, Tom van Yperen and Mónica López López 6 The Finnish approach to errors and mistakes in child protection: trust in practitioners and service users? Essi Julin and Tarja Pösö 7 Errors and mistakes in the Norwegian child protection system Marit Skivenes and Øyvind Tefre 8 The political- administrative and the professional approach to errors and mistakes in Swedish child protection Inger Kjellberg and Staffan Höjer 9 Errors and mistakes in child protection in Switzerland: a missed opportunity of refl ection? Brigitte Müller, Kay Biesel and Clarissa Schär 10 Discourses, approaches and strategies on errors and mistakes in child protection in Germany Heinz Kindler, Christine Gerber and Susanna Lillig 11 Dysfunctions in French child protection Hélène Join- Lambert and Gilles Séraphin 12 Errors and mistakes in child protection: an unspoken issue in Italy? Teresa Bertotti 13 Preventing and responding to errors in US child protection Jill Duerr Berrick and Jaclyn Chambers 14 Dealing with errors and mistakes in child protection: similarities and differences among countries Kay Biesel, Judith Masson, Nigel Parton and Tarja Pösö
