Vulnerable Children and the Law (eBook, ePUB)

International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights
Redaktion: Sheehan, Rosemary; Stanley, Nicky; Rhoades, Helen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.

This book takes an international perspective on child welfare, examining how global and national frameworks can be adapted to address the rights and best interests of children. Synthesising the latest international research, experts redefine the concept of a 'child in need' in a world where global movement is common and children are frequently involved in the law. The book considers children as citizens, as refugees, victims of trafficking, soldiers, or members of indigenous groups and identifies the political and cultural changes that need to take place in order to deliver rights for these children. Focusing in particular on child protection systems across nations, it identifies areas of child welfare and family law which systematically fail to look after the best interests of children, often through prejudice, outdated practice, or even the failure of agencies to work together.

Exploring the nexus between children's rights and the law across the globe, this book makes essential reading for policymakers, social workers, lawyers, researchers and professionals involved in protecting vulnerable children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857004567
• Artikelnr.: 38236155

Autorenporträt

Edited by Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements. Introduction. Rosemary Sheehan
Monash University
Australia
Helen Rhoades
University of Melbourne
Australia and Nicky Stanley
University of Central Lancashire
UK. Part 1. Children and citizenship. 1. Children's rights: the effective implementation of rights and standards. Deena Haydon
Queen's University
Belfast
UK. 2. Child protection in humanitarian emergencies. Patrick O'Leary
University of Bath
UK and Jason Squire
Terres des hommes Foundation. 3. Children in the shadows: Child trafficking in the UK. Christine Beddoe
ECPAT UK. 4. Child combatants
peace processes: Challenges of inclusion and exclusion. Shelly L. Whitman
Dalhousie University
Canada. 5. Unaccompanied children as illegal immigrants in the United States. Gladis E. Molina
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP)
USA. 6. Protecting the rights of children in custody
Una Convery and Linda Moore
University of Ulster
UK. Part 2. Indigenous and non-national children and vulnerability. 7. The victimisation of indigenous children. Suzanne Oliver
Northern Territory Stipendiary Magistrate
Australia. 8. Non-national children and vulnerability: The child protection context. Goos Cardol
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
The Netherlands. 9. Mana tamariki
takahi tamariki: Maori child pride
Maori child abuse. Rawiri Taonui
University of Canterbury
New Zealand. 10. Indigenous human rights law and the needs of indigenous children. Terri Libesman
University of Technology
Sydney
Australia. Part 3. Child welfare and family identity. 11. High frequency parental contact for infants in care: whose rights are being served? Cathy Humphreys and Meredith Kiraly
University of Melbourne
Australia. 12. Maternal incest: Challenges for child protection. Jackie Turton
University of Essex
UK. 13. Lost identities: denying children their family identity. James Reid
University of Huddersfield
UK. 14. Should adoption be an option? Greg Kelly and Chaitali Das
Queen's University Belfast
UK. Part 4. Child welfare and legal intervention. 15. Child protection family law: The Australian experience. Lisa Young
Murdoch University
Australia. 16. The police role in identifying and responding to children experiencing domestic violence. Nicky Stanley
Pam Miller
NSPCC
Helen Richardson-Foster
University of Sheffield
UK and Gill Thomson
University of Central Lancashire
UK. 17. Relocation of children in family law disputes. Robert H. George
University of Oxford
UK. 18. Working with separated families. Helen Rhoades. 19. Deciding the best interests of the child: Legal responses to child protection concerns. Rosemary Sheehan. 20. Conclusion. Rosemary Sheehan
Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley.