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Human Rights in Child Protection : Implications for Professional Practice and Policy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir.
Other Authors: Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Pictures
  • List of Tables
  • 1: Child Protection and Human Rights: A Call for Professional Practice and Policy
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Aim and Scope of the Book
  • 3 'Lady Justice' at Street Level
  • 4 Child Protection and Discretion
  • 5 Human Rights and the Right to Protection
  • 6 Child Protection as a Public and Professional Service
  • 7 Contents of the Book
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2: Children's Right to Protection Under the CRC
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Principles
  • 3 Article 19: Interpretation and Scope
  • 4 Prevention of Maltreatment
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 Social Policy Measures
  • 4.3 Social Programmes for Caregivers and Children
  • 4.4 Educational Measures
  • 4.5 Individual Prevention: Identification and Intervention
  • 5 Responding to Violence, Abuse and Neglect
  • 5.1 Reporting and Referral
  • 5.2 Investigation and Prosecution
  • 5.3 Treatment and Follow-Up
  • 5.4 Judicial Involvement
  • 6 Best Interests of the Child
  • 7 Conclusion
  • References
  • United Nations Documents
  • United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • European Court of Human Rights
  • 3: Rights and Professional Practice: How to Understand Their Interconnection
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Theory of Rights and the Right to Protection
  • 2.1 Basic Human Rights Standard: Negative Right to Liberty
  • 2.2 The Child's Right to Liberty: The Special Case
  • 2.3 The Prospective Right to Liberty
  • 2.4 Prospective Right to Liberty During Childhood
  • 3 Limits to Epistemology: The Indeterminacy of a Child's Best Interests
  • 4 Theory of Professionalism
  • 4.1 The Formal Restriction
  • 4.2 Rule of Approximation Embedded in Professional Practice
  • 5 A Theory of Childhood in the Face of Professional Practice.
  • 6 Concluding Remarks: The World Is the Limit
  • References
  • 4: The Child's Best Interest Principle across Child Protection Jurisdictions
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Principle of the Best Interest of the Child and Discretion
  • 3 Child Protection Systems, Welfare States and Jurisdictions
  • 4 Data and Methods
  • 4.1 Limitations
  • 5 Findings
  • 5.1 Child's Participation
  • 5.2 The Child's Needs
  • 5.3 Permanency
  • 5.4 Protection
  • 5.5 The Child's Relationships
  • 5.6 The Child's Identity
  • 5.7 Parents' Perspective
  • 5.8 Future
  • 5.9 Weight and Procedures
  • 5.10 Summary Findings
  • 6 Discussion
  • 7 Strong and Weak Discretion
  • 8 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Legislation and Conventions
  • 5: Re-designing Organizations to Facilitate Rights-Based Practice in Child Protection
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Provision Rights and Promoting Development
  • 3 Respecting Participation Rights
  • 3.1 Listening to Children
  • 3.2 Involving Children in Creating and Implementing a Safety Plan
  • 3.3 Keeping Informed of What Is Happening and Why
  • 4 Conclusion: How the Convention Can Guide Professional Practice
  • References
  • 6: Experts by Experience Infusing Professional Practices in Child Protection
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Experts by Experience: Focus on Expert and Experiential Knowledge
  • 3 The Expert Views from Inside: Survivors' Messages
  • 3.1 Listen to Children in Care
  • 3.2 Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
  • 3.3 'We-Talk' as an Ethical Choice
  • 3.4 Changing the View from Problems to Strengths
  • 4 Experiential Knowledge on Rights: Influences and Contradictions
  • 4.1 Experiential Knowledge Influencing Policy and Legislation
  • 4.2 The Inclusion of Children's Views in Front-Line Practice
  • 5 Summing Up
  • References
  • 7: The Rights of Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care
  • 1 Introduction.
  • 2 Background: The Danish Out-of-Home Care Landscape
  • 3 The CRC as a Standard
  • 4 Growing Up in Out-of-Home Care: Methods and Data
  • 5 Rights of Young People in Out-of-Home Care
  • 5.1 Participation: Giving the Child's Views 'Due Weight'
  • 5.2 Protection from, for example, Violence, Abuse, Neglect
  • 5.3 Risk Factors Characterizing Young People in Care
  • 5.4 Everyday Life in Care and Life Satisfaction
  • 6 Challenges in Measuring CRC Rights Enforcement
  • 6.1 Measuring Life Satisfaction and Implementation of Rights in Out-of-Home Care
  • 6.2 Pathways for Strengthening the Rights Perspective
  • 7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 8: Emergency Placements: Human Rights Limits and Lessons
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Relevance of Human Rights to Professional Practice in Emergency Cases
  • 3 National Regulation of Interim Orders in Emergencies
  • 4 Court Review of County Board Decisions in Emergency Cases
  • 4.1 Violence
  • 4.2 Sexual Abuse
  • 4.3 Drug Abuse
  • 4.4 Psychological Disorders
  • 4.5 Risk of Abduction
  • 4.6 Neglect of Newborn Babies
  • 5 Lessons Learned from Norwegian Case Law
  • 6 How Human Rights Can Guide Professional Practice in Emergency Cases
  • 7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 9: Rights-Based Practice and Marginalized Children in Child Protection Work
  • 1 Marginalization: An Integral Part of the Picture in Child Protection
  • 1.1 Marginalization in Egalitarian Societies
  • 1.2 Individualization of Social Needs
  • 2 The Implementation of CRC in Child Protection
  • 2.1 Freedom Rights and Welfare Rights: Two Sides of the Same Coin
  • 2.2 Active Investment in Children
  • 3 Can the Implementation of CRC in Professional Child Protection Work Improve the Lives of the Most Marginalized Children and Families?
  • 4 School: One of the Most Important Generators of Marginalization.
  • 4.1 Education in the Knowledge Society
  • 4.2 How Can the CRC Guide Professional Practice in Meeting the Needs of Marginalized Children's' Situation in School?
  • 4.3 Child Protection Workers Need Knowledge of Children's Situation at School
  • 4.4 Child Protection Workers Can Take the Initiative in Defining Responsibilities
  • 4.5 More Help Directed at the School Situation of CPS Children Living at Home
  • 4.6 Recognize that Children in CPS Have Ability and Potential
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 10: In-home Services: A Rights-Based Professional Practice Meets Children's and Families' Needs
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 The Relevance of the CRC to Professional Practice with In-home Services
  • 2 When Does the State's Responsibility for Providing Services Occur?
  • 2.1 The Threshold for CWS Involvement
  • 3 Realizing Children's Rights to Services
  • 3.1 Individual Rights to Services When Parents Do Not Give Their Consent
  • 4 Targeting Parents to Secure Children's Right to Timely and Adapted Help
  • 4.1 Parents in Society
  • 4.2 In-home Services and the Case of Immigrant Families
  • 5 Challenges to Rights-Based Practice
  • 5.1 Homogenization of Parenthood
  • 5.2 Reduction of Complex Needs
  • 5.3 Marginalization of the Child
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 11: Embodied Care Practices and the Realization of the Best Interests of the Child in Residential Institutions for Young Children
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Discovering the Body
  • 3 Good Practice, Knowing Bad Practices Occur
  • 4 A Methodological Consideration of Embodiment
  • 5 The Body in Care Practices, or the Embodiment of Care
  • 6 Towards a Specific Understanding of Social Work Professionalism: Care Ethics, Good Care Practices and the Child's Best Interest
  • 7 Connecting Embodied Care Practices with the Best Interests of the Child
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 12: Formal and Everyday Participation in Foster Families: A Challenge?
  • 1 Children's Participatory Rights and Professional Work
  • 2 Rights, Relationships and Generations
  • 3 Formalized Participation for Children in Foster Care
  • 3.1 Legislation and Regulations
  • 3.2 Enforcing Foster Children's Participatory Rights
  • 4 Participation as a Natural Part of Everyday Family Life
  • 4.1 Age and Type of Decision Matter
  • 4.2 Participation Is Relational and Entails Compromise
  • 4.3 The Decision to Become a Foster Family
  • 5 Interactions in Everyday Life
  • 6 Professional Practice with All Children in a Foster Home
  • References
  • 13: Conclusion: Towards Rights-Based Child Protection Work
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Systems Level
  • 3 The Policy Level
  • 4 Three Examples from Child Protection Practice
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Index.

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