A critical and evidence-based review of current and future child protection policy and practice.
Chris Grover is a senior lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Applied Social Science,Lancaster University.His main research interests and his recent journal publications concern various aspects of social security policy, including income replacement benefits for sick and/or disabled people, social assistance for low paid workers, and loaning social security payments. His most recent publication is Crime and Inequality (2008).
Janet Jamieson is a senior lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University. Her teaching, research and publications primarily focus on youth justice, young people and crime, and gender and the criminal justice system. She is the co-editor of Gender and Crime: A Reader (2008).
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1 Introduction: Safeguarding Children? (Karen Broadhurst, Chris Grover and Janet Jamieson).
2 Safeguarding Children: Historical Context and Current Landscape (Carolyn Taylor).
3 Every Childs Rights Matter (David Archard).
4 Child Poverty (Chris Grover).
5 The Common Assessment Framework: Effective Innovation for Children and Young People with Additional Needs or Simply More Technical Hype? (Andy Pithouse and Karen Broadhurst).
6 Arguing the Case in Safeguarding (Sue White).
7 Safeguarding Children through Parenting Support: How Does Every Parent Matter? (Karen Broadhurst).
8 Safeguarding Childrens Well-being within Educational Settings: A Critical Review of Inclusion Strategies (Jo Warin).
9 Health and Safeguarding Children: An Expansionary Project or Good Practice? (Sue Peckover).
10 Be Healthy: Drugs, Alcohol and Safeguarding Children (Ian Paylor).
11 In Search of Youth Justice (Janet Jamieson).
12 Looked After Children and the Criminal Justice System (Claire Fitzpatrick).
13 Safeguarding Children Who Are Refugees or Asylum Seekers: Managing Multiple Scales of Legislation and Policy (Malcolm Hill and Peter Hopkins).
14 Conclusion: Safeguarding Children? (Karen Broadhurst, Chris Grover and Janet Jamieson).
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