Vulnerable children and the law : international evidence for improving child welfare, child protection and children's rights / edited by Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley.
"This book takes an international perspective on child welfare, examining how global and national frameworks can be adapted to address the rights and best interests of children. Synthesising the latest international research, experts redefine the concept of a 'child in need' in a worl...
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: Children and citizenship; Children's rights : the effectiveness of rights-based standards / Deena Haydon
- Child protection in humanitarian emergencies / Patrick O'Leary and Jason Squire
- Children in the shadows : child trafficking in the UK / Christine Beddoe
- Child combatants and peace processes : challenges of inclusion and exclusion / Shelly L. Whitman
- Unaccompanied children as illegal immigrants in the United States / Gladis Molina
- Children, vulnerability and rights : protecting the rights of children in custody in Northern Ireland / Una Convery and Linda Moore
- PART II: Indigenous and Non-national Children and Vulnerability; The victimisation of indigenous children / Sue Oliver
- Non-national children and vulnerability : the child protection context / Goos Cardol
- Mana tamarkiki, takahi tamariki : Māori child pride, Māori child abuse / Rawiri Taonui
- International human rights law and the needs of indigenous children / Terri Libesman
- PART III: Child Welfare and Family Identity; High frequency parental contact for infants in care : whose rights are being served? / Cathy Humphreys and Meredith Kiraly
- Maternal incest : challenges for child protection / Jackie Turton
- Lost identities : denying children their family identity / James Reid
- Should adoption be an option? / Greg Kelly and Chaitali Das
- PART IV: Child Welfare and Legal Intervention; Child protection and family law : the Australian experience / Lisa Young
- The police role in identifying and responding to children experiencing domestic violence / Nicky Stanley, Pam Miller, Helen Richardson-Foster, and Gill Thomson
- Relocation of children in family law disputes / Robert H. George
- Working with separated families / Helen Rhoades
- Deciding the best interests of the child : legal responses to child protection concerns / Rosemary Sheehan.