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Wiley Child Protection & Policy #13: Protecting Powers: Emergency Intervention for Children's Protection

by Judith Masson

Wiley Child Protection & Policy #13: Protecting Powers: Emergency Intervention for Children's Protection Cover

ISBN13: 9780470016022
ISBN10: 0470016027
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Publisher Comments:

Removal or detention of children for their protection has along-established place in child protection practice in the U.K. and in the child protection practice in the U.K. and in the child protection systems in Europe, North America, Australia and South Africa. Although is well recognised, their use remains controversial because of their impact on family integrity and the rights of parents and children. In England and Wales, both the courts and the police have powers to sanction such short-term protection of children with little or no notice to parents. These powers are used in a wide range of circumstances, including the removal of new-born babies from their mothers in hospital, to protect children let home alone and where parents eject their adolescent children from the home.

Protecting Powers s provides a critical account of  current practice in emergency child protection, identifying good practice and including proposals for reform. Using data from two major empirical studies, funded jointly by the NSPCC and the Nuffield Foundation, the book explores the operation of emergency child protection provisions. These studies provide a rich account of practice from the perspectives of a wide range of professionals working to protect children, including police offers, social workers, child care lawyers, magistrates' legal advisers and magistrates. The broader questions of professionals accountability and the limited ability of the courts to safeguard rights are also discussed.

Synopsis:

The book provides a critical account of current practice in emergency child protection, it identifies good practice and make proposals for reform.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures.

About the Authors.

Acknowledgements.

Preface.

Chapter 1 Emergency powers for child protection.

Chapter 2 The development of emergency powers.

Chapter 3 The police, child protection and police protection.

Chapter 4 Working together? The police, social services and police protection.

Chapter 5 Children, families and applications for Emergency Protection Orders.

Chapter 6 Local authority decisions to seek emergency protection.

Chapter 7 The court process in emergency protection cases.

Chapter 8 The EPO and afterwards.

Chapter 9 Emergency intervention – Reassessment and Reform.

Appendix A. Details o Research Methods.

Appendix B. List of Cases.

Bibliography.

Index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780470016022
Subtitle:
Emergency Intervention for Children's Protection
Author:
Masson, Judith
With:
Pick, Kathy
With:
Oakley, Maureen Winn
With:
McGovern, Deborah
Author:
Pick, Kathy
Author:
Oakley, Maureen Winn
Author:
McGovern, Deborah
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons
Subject:
Human Services
Subject:
Social Work
Subject:
Child Advocacy
Subject:
Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
Subject:
Children
Subject:
Child welfare
Subject:
Services & Welfare
Subject:
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Subject:
Child welfare -- Great Britain.
Copyright:
Series:
NSPCC/Wiley Series in Protecting Children
Series Volume:
13
Publication Date:
June 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
246
Dimensions:
927x640x77 109

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