Child Protection Systems: International Trends and Orientations

by Neil Gilbert, Marit Skivenes, Nigel Parton

Book Overview

Child Protection Systems is a comparative study of the social policies and professional practices that frame societal responses to the problems of child maltreatment in ten countries: USA, Canada, England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway. Focusing on the developments in policy and practice since the mid-1990s, this volume provides a detailed, up-to-date analysis of the similarities and differences in how child...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199793352
• ISBN13: 9780199793358
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"