Challenging Child Protection: New Directions in Safeguarding Children (Research Highlights in Social Work)

By: Fiona Arney and Jason Hart and Heather Montgomery and Kay Tisdall and Brigid Daniel and Andrew Cooper and Walter Lorenz and Tim Dare and Leah Bromfield and Trevor Spratt and Tarja Pösö and Stewart McDougall and Melissa O’Donnell

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Synopsis: 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 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 neglect and traces key changes in UK policy, as well as situating these amid wider trends in Europe. With contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, including philosophy and anthropology, this is a uniquely diverse collection of academic perspectives. This book challenges our conceptions of child protection and encourages readers to think critically about why children are harmed by adults, how society views child abuse and how this informs practice.