Child protection : an introduction / Chris Beckett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckett, Chris, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2003.

Summary:

Child Protection offers an introduction to child protection work. It is aimed at social work students, experienced and non-experienced social workers and the whole range of professionals -- nurses, police officers, teachers, doctors -- who follow up concerns about the abuse and neglect of children. It is based on the author's 18 years of experience in practice as well as his current work as a social work teacher. The material is presented in a fresh and accessible way -- Beckett makes extensive use of case examples to illustrate points and encourages readers to test their own thinking. He provides clear introductions, summaries and conclusions and invites the reader to reflect on what is being discussed and to relate these points to specific situations that might be encountered in practice and everyday life.

Contents:

Part I Doing Child Protection Work 5

1 Different Perspectives 7

2 The Child Protection Task 22

3 Doing the Job 43

Part II The Nature and Consequences of Child Maltreatment 61

4 Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect 63

5 Disabled Children 85

6 Harm 104

Part III The Causes and Contexts of Child Maltreatment 127

7 Causes and Contexts 129

8 Parents, Drugs and Alcohol 149

9 Parents with Learning Difficulties 166

Part IV Problems and Dilemmas for Child Protection Work 185

10 Poverty 187

11 Abusive Systems 210

12 The Limits of Possibility 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-253) and index.

ISBN:

0761949550

0761949569

OCLC:

51193643