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Child Protection

Risk and the Moral Order

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Nigel Parton
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  2. David Thorpe
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  3. Corinne Wattam
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Current Issues in Child Protection and Child Abuse: Some Common International Themes

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Contemporary Discourse of Child Protection

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 18-44

  4. Orthodox Approaches to Child Abuse Risk: A Critical Appraisal

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 45-68

  5. Deconstructing Child Protection: Some Methodological Choices

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 69-95

  6. Finding the Child in Child Protection

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 96-121

  7. Identifying Some Risk Assessment Criteria

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 122-154

  8. Advice, Guidance and Normalisation

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 155-188

  9. Deconstructing Outcomes in Cases of Alleged Sexual Abuse

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 189-215

  10. The Future(s) for Child Protection

    • Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam
    Pages 216-246

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 247-276
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About this book

Drawing on original research, this book provides a major critique of contemporary child protection research, policy and practice. In particular, it challenges current attempts to reorder priorities and reconstruct the balance between family support and child protection. In the process, it provides a unique insight into the nature of child protection work and the way practitioners respond to the inherent tensions and difficulties involved. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this major personal and social issue.

About the authors

NIGEL PARTON is Professor in Child Care at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has published widely in the areas of child care, child protection and social work and is the author of The Politics of Child Abuse and Governing the Family: Child Care, Child Protection and the State.

DAVID THORPE is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Lancaster, UK. He has published and researched in the areas of child welfare, juvenile justice and child protection in the UK and Australia. His previous publications include Evaluting Child Protection.

CORINNE WATTAM is Reader in Childhood Studies at the University of Huddersfield, UK and is also Coordinator of the Concerted Action on the Prevention of Child Abuse in Europe. Her particular areas of research are in child abuse and sexual abuse. She is the author of Making a Case in Child Protection.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Child Protection

  • Book Subtitle: Risk and the Moral Order

  • Authors: Nigel Parton, David Thorpe, Corinne Wattam

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24072-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Nigel Parton, David Thorpe and Corinne Wattam 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62947-5Due: 11 April 1997

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 276

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Child Well-being

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