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Children's rights in the United States : in search of a national policy / Nancy E. Walker, Catherine M. Brooks, Lawrence S. Wrightsman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, Nancy E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Children.
- Children's rights--United States.
- Children's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Rights of Children in the United States provides discussion on: the historical and contextual perspective on the rights of children; the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the differing views on children's rights and competencies.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I - FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 1 - Children are Persons . . . Or are They?: An Introduction to the Issues; Chapter 2 - From Property to Personhood: A Historical and Contextual Perspective on the Rights of Children; Chapter 3 - Getting it Right: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; Chapter 4 - Differing Views: Perspectives on Children's Rights and Competencies; Part II - A PATCHWORK OF POLICIES; Chapter 5 - There's no Place Like Home: The Rights of Children within the Family
- Chapter 6 - When Parents are not Enough: The Rights of Children in the Social Service SystemChapter 7 - Being Patient with Patients: The Rights of Children in the Health Care System; Chapter 8 - Lessons Learned: The Rights of Children in the Educational System; Chapter 9 - On Guilt and Gault: The Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; Chapter 10 - Working it Out: The Rights of Children in Employment; Concluding Comments: Children are Persons!; References; Legal Cases Cited; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803951037
- 0803951035
- 9781322416199
- 1322416192
- 9781452264936
- 1452264937
- OCLC:
- 809773639
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