Effective child protection / Eileen Munro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munro, Eileen, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse--Prevention.

Child abuse.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2008.

Summary:

This new edition is essential reading for anyone concerned with improving child protection practice. Building on the strengths of the first edition, it provides a deeper understanding of how practice judgements and decisions can be improved in child protection work. Updates include: An account of how intuition, emotion, and analytic thinking are combined in practice; An analysis of how the nature of the task determines what combination is needed; An updated chapter on how we can detect errors; New material on how organisations can promote good reasoning skills; A simpler way to understand risk assessment instruments.

Illustrated with detailed case studies throughout, this book will be invaluable reading for students, researchers and practitioners in all areas of child protection, including social work, education, health and policing.

Contents:

2 Expertise in child protection work 7

3 The social context 28

4 Defining child abuse 46

5 The difficulties of assessing risk 58

6 The process of assessing risk 76

7 Making decisions 95

8 Minimising mistakes 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-170) and index.

ISBN:

9781412946940

1412946948

9781412946957

1412946956

OCLC:

212431659