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From Protection to Participation: Rethinking Child Agency in International Child Marriage Policies from Southern Thailand

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Multi-agency child protection

Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 2013
Public concern over, and recent developments in, the field of child protection are well known (Munro 2012). Within these developments, there has been a strengthening of the role of social work with an increased focus on, and recognition of, professional knowledge, skills and ‘expert' decision making (Munro 2011; Gilbert et al. 2011).
Julia Stroud, Chris Warren-Adamson
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Client and worker satisfaction in a child protection agency

Child Abuse & Neglect, 1995
Client and staff satisfaction with the workings of a multidisciplinary child protection agency were investigated using interviews and standard questionnaires. The goal was to discover the nature and strength of the helping relationship between service-recipients and providers.
Winefield, H., Barlow, J.
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Suggestions for Improving Interviews in Child Protection Agencies

Child Maltreatment, 1996
This article identifies difficulties that can arise during sexual abuse interviews in child protection agencies. Practical recommendations are offered to interviewers, trainers, and child protection administrators. The authors suggest ways to improve the interview process and the interview environment, emphasizing the need to improve rapport building,
James M. Wood   +2 more
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Responding to Child Maltreatment: a Framework for Mapping Child Protection Agencies

Child Indicators Research, 2015
While there is a growing number of international population surveys about rates of child maltreatment there is much less data on legal, health and social services responses to maltreatment. Agency surveys are a cost effective method for assessing this response in countries where there is limited administrative data available about child maltreatment ...
Nico Trocmé, Bree Akesson, Andreas Jud
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Child protection inter-agency working: A discussion

Practice, 1998
Abstract This article discusses some of the complexities of inter-agency working in Child Protection cases. The repeated message from enquiry reports that inter-agency strife is a factor in child fatalities is a strong argument for keeping the inter-agency debate alive. There are numerous strengths in the inter-agency approach which exist alongside the
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Professional and Agency Liability for Negligence in Child Protection

Law, Medicine and Health Care, 1983
Suits for negligence in the area of child protection have become frequent as reporting of child abuse and neglect has increased. This article begins with various theories and defenses raised in specific cases, and briefly examines the problem of inadequate legal representation for the child. An additional section notes various policy issues for lawyers
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Children’s Agency in Child Protection Interventions

2018
Within this chapter I analyses the typology of participation presented in chapter four in more depth. The focus is on children’s agency within child protection interventions; that is, their capacity to act with autonomy and independence. The problem of children’s agency is probably the most significant contemporary issue in the study of childhood, but ...
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Child abuse disposition: Concurrences and differences between a hospital team, child protection agency and the court

Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1989
Ninety-six children admitted to a pediatric ward for maltreatment are described statistically using variables characterizing the child, the family and the type of abuse. Recommendations of the hospital's child protection team in 81 cases are compared to those of the county childrens Services Board and the court.
M J, Paluszny   +4 more
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Comparing child protective investigation performance between law enforcement agencies and child welfare agencies.

Child welfare, 2011
This study examines the comparative effectiveness of using law enforcement agencies for child protective investigation (CPI), in contrast with the traditional approach of CPI conducted by the public child welfare agency. The analysis uses 2006-2007 data from a natural experiment conducted in Florida to show modest differences in performance and cost ...
Jordan, Neil   +5 more
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