Child Protection: Risk and the Moral Order

Child Protection: Risk and the Moral Order

by David Thorpe (Contributor), Corrine Wattam (Contributor), David Thorpe (Contributor), Corrine Wattam (Contributor), Nigel Parton (Author)

Synopsis

Drawing on research, this book provides a critique of contemporary child protection research, policy and practice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 292
Edition: 1997
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 11 Apr 1997

ISBN 10: 0333629477
ISBN 13: 9780333629475

Author Bio
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.