This book examines how child protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it copes with the ever-changing concept of risk. The boo
This open access book critically explores what child protection policy and professional practice would mean if practice was grounded in human rights standards.
This volume asks what legal and socio legal scholarship can contribute to understanding the role of law in the care and development of children. The editors hav
This volume provides an understanding of how systems of child protection evolve in disparate cultural, social and economic contexts. Using the former Soviet Uni
A History of Child Protection in America is the first comprehensive history of American efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect. The book begins in c
