Safeguarding childhood : early intervention and surveillance in a late modern society
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Safeguarding childhood : early intervention and surveillance in a late modern society
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This new text by a recognized authority offers a clear, invigorating and theoretically sophisticated commentary on child abuse and child welfare policy. Parton critically assesses the latest developments in child protection thinking and practice, explaining how changes in philosophy and intervention have been informed by cultural, economic and political context. Carefully blending core examples, evidence and the latest social theory, this book is essential reading for both students and practitioners.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: A History of the Present.- Child Welfare and Modern Society.- Child Abuse and the Growing Crisis in Child Protection.- From Maria Colwell to Victoria Climbie: The Emergence of Late Modernity.- Rethinking Child Protection and Family Support.- Governing Childhood under New Labour.- 'Working Together to Safeguard Children'.- Policing the Paedophile.- 'Every Child Matters'.- Towards 'the Preventive State'.- Notes.- References.- Index.
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