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Synopsis
This new title provides clear, authoritative commentary on good practice, law and current research for both lawyers and other professionals who are involved in modern day safeguarding practice. Highly topical issues covered include:
* The Child Protection Process and the Family Justice System
* Fact Finding
* Neglect
* Domestic Abuse
* Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
* Child Sexual Exploitation
* Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Violence
* Child Radicalisation
* Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
* Voice of the Child and the Child's Journey Through the Family Justice System
These topics raise complex and contemporary issues for family justice and social work, thereby generating recent legislative change, and bringing a new range of conceptual and practical problems for lawyers, social workers and health care professionals alike.
Each section begins with a clear narrative identifying the issues, followed by a comprehensive consideration of the applicable legal framework and an up-to-date review of the contemporary research that is available on each subject area, before a
Full discussion of the child's journey through this is considered, alongside any implications that this raises for practice. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
LINKING LAW WITH SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE:
A NEW LEGAL TEXT FOR PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN CHILD PROTECTION
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor, Head of Chambers and reviews editor of ‘The Barrister’
Can there be any other area of law that is more sensitive, more concerning and more shocking than this one? ‘A Child’s Journey Through Contemporary Issues in Child Protection’ –recently published by LexisNexis under the Family Law imprint– seeks to provide clear, succinct and authoritative commentary on this vexed subject, ably supported by research references.
HHJ Paul Lopez, who has written the foreword, remarks that ‘anyone practising in the field of child protection needs an understanding of the legal framework upon which the issues of the case are to be determined and the social work practice that informs the decision-making process.’ In linking the law with social work practice, this book provides a succinct, plain-speaking approach to the formidable challenges inherent in this area of law.
The first two chapters deal with the child protection process, the family justice system and issues pertaining to evidence in public law children cases. The chapters following – apart from neglect -- read like a litany of evils: domestic abuse… human trafficking… modern slavery… child sexual exploitation… forced marriage and honour-based violence… child radicalization… and the horror of female genital mutilation. Notice if you will, that by their very nature, most of these crimes are perpetrated against women and girls.
The UK’s track record on the appalling crime of FGM is particularly worrying. Yes, it is a criminal offence, but no, there have been no convictions to date. It appears the process of prevention and safeguarding of potential victims is clouded by cultural sensitivities and language barriers; spurious and flimsy excuses to say the least, for inaction.
Usefully, the book refers to recent guidance from the Department of Health which reminds professionals that it must always be remembered that fears of being branded “racist” or “discriminatory” must never weaken the rightful determination of professionals to protect the vulnerable, especially those at risk of being subjected to FGM.
The book mentions that a tougher line on FGM has been taken in France where instances of this odious practice have apparently diminished. Recent legislation of 2015 fiercely entitled ‘Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices’ has been enacted in Canada.
Much of this excellent legal text is oriented toward social workers who need to be conversant with the law on child protection matters. Equally, the book will make lawyers more aware of the pressures faced by social workers who must contend with the often-intractable difficulties inherent in child protection.
Slender volume though it is, this is an important book. Published as part of the LexisNexis Family Law Library, it contains, a wealth of references for further research as well as an authoritative exposition of the relevant law. All professionals dealing with child protection issues should acquire a copy.
The date of publication is cited as at 10th December 2017.
A NEW LEGAL TEXT FOR PROFESSIONAL
An appreciation
Can there be any other area of law that is more sensitive, more concerning and more shocking than this one? ‘A Child’s Journey Through Contemporary
HHJ Paul Lopez, who has written the foreword, remarks that ‘anyone practising in the field of child protection needs an understandin
The first two chapters deal with the child protection process, the family justice system and issues pertaining to evidence in public law children cases. The chapters following – apart from neglect -- read like a litany of evils: domestic abuse… human trafficking… modern slavery… child sexual exploitation
The UK’s track record on the appalling crime of FGM is particularly
Usefully, the book refers to recent guidance from the Department of Health which reminds professional
The book mentions that a tougher line on FGM has been taken in France where instances of this odious practice have apparently diminished. Recent legislation of 2015 fiercely entitled ‘Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices’ has been enacted in Canada.
Much of this excellent legal text is oriented toward social workers who need to be conversant with the law on child protection matters. Equally, the book will make lawyers more aware of the pressures faced by social workers who must contend with the often-intrac
Slender volume though it is, this is an important book. Published as part of the LexisNexis Family Law Library, it contains, a wealth of references for further research as well as an authoritativ
The date of publication is cited as at 10th December 2017.