Beyond Blame: Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited

Beyond Blame: Child Abuse Tragedies Revisited

by SylviaDuncan (Author), Dr Peter Reder (Author), Moira Gray (Author), Sylvia Duncan (Author), Moira Gray (Author), Dr Peter Reder (Author)

Synopsis

What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse? Beyond Blame offers a new way of looking at such cases and shows that it is possible to draw important lessons from them. The authors, all three experienced in child protection work, summarise thirty-five major inquiries since 1973, setting them in their social context and discussing the implications both for practical work in the field and for future inquiries.
They stress the need for those who work day to day in child protection to develop and apply a more sophisticated level of analysis to assessment and intervention. They identify common themes within abusing families, in the relationships between members of the professional networks, and in the interactions between the families and the professionals.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 29 Sep 2015

ISBN 10: 1138171093
ISBN 13: 9781138171091

Media Reviews
'...a very important theoretical contribution to the child abuse literature...' - Clare Roskill, Times Educational Supplement