The Protection of Children
State Intervention and Family Life
2nd Edition
Published on 9. June 1995
Book
Hardback
301 pages
978-1-85628-586-5 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph addresses state intervention and family life with reference to the protection of children. Topics covered include the co-ordination of intervention, and the balance between children's rights and the liberties of adults.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 221 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-586-5 (9781856285865)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The institutional framework and research design; the child as clinical object; the child as social object; the rule of optimism; the division of labour; sovereignty and association - co-ordinating intervention; case conferences and the legalization of mistreatment; representing "the facts"; charges and defences; social regulation and the family in a Liberal State; children's rights, adults' liberties - towards a proper balance?; postscript - 1995; inquiries, statutes and cases.