Child Welfare Services: Developments in Law, Policy, Practice, and Research
- ISBN-10
- 1853023167
- ISBN-13
- 9781853023163
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-01-01
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Authors
- Malcolm Hill, Jane Aldgate
Description
The contributors to this book provide a comprehensive review of child care policy and practice. They present evaluations and critiques of new or impending legislation and policies, and describe innovative services for children and young people who are deemed to be in need of protection, care or control as a result of abandonment, neglect, ill-treatment, offending or other difficulties. They also examine changes in adoption law, where such issues as placement policies in relation to children from ethnic minorities, intercountry adoption and the trend towards greater openness have become prominent and controversial in recent years.
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