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Many countries are struggling with issues involving the definition of child maltreatment, reporting requirements, processes for responding to reports, and services to abused children and their families. This book illustrates approaches to dealing with these problems by examining and comparing the designs of child abuse systems.

Title Combatting child abuse : international perspectives and trends / edited by Neil Gilbert. [electronic resource]
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher New York
Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Previously issued in print: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English
Content Contents
Contributors
Introduction
I. CHILD PROTECTIVE ORIENTATION
1. United States: California's Reporting System
2. Canada: Trends and Issues in Child Welfare
3. England: Child Abuse Reports, Responses, and Reforms
II. FAMILY SERVICE ORIENTATION - MANDATORY REPORTING
4. Sweden: Towards a Deresidualization of Swedish Child Welfare Policy and Practice?
5. Denmark: Voluntary Placements as a Family Support
6. Finland: Child Abuse as a Family Problem
III. FAMILY SERVICE ORIENTATION - NONMANDATORY REPORTING
7. Belgium: An Alternative Approach to Child Abuse Reporting and Treatment
8. The Netherlands: Responding to Abuse - Compassion or Control?9. Germany: A Nonpunitive Model
Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index
Series Child welfare
Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (268 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710662205171
MARC RECORDS
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