Neil Gilbert, PhD, is Chernin Professor of Social Welfare at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, and Co-Director of the Center for Child and Youth Policy.Nigel Parton, PhD, is NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield.Marit Skivenes, PhD, is Senior Researcher, Bergen University College.

The book is well written, interesting, and important in presenting all these different patterns and trends in each country over the years. It would be welcome material in university and college teaching, but it also gives ideas for governmental actions towards developing practices. Furthermore, the discussion about methods in analysing connections between macro and micro levels may provide nourishment for further developing approaches and concepts in the field.

• 1. Introduction ; Neil Gilbert, Nigel Parton, and Marit Skivenes ; I. ANGLO-AMERICAN SYSTEMS ; 2. Trends and Issues in the U.S. Child Welfare System ; Jill Duerr Berrick ; 3. Canadian Child Welfare: Child Protection and the Status Quo ; Karen Swift ; 4. Child Protection in England ; Nigel Parton and David Berridge ; II. NORDIC SYSTEMS ; 5. The Dark Side of the Universal Welfare State? Child Abuse and Protection in Sweden ; Madeleine Cocozza and Sven E. O. Hort ; 6. Combatting Child Abuse in Finland: From Family to Child-Centered Orientation ; Tarja Poso ; 7. Denmark: A Child Welfare System Under Reframing ; Anne-Dorthe Hestbaek ; 8. Norway: Towards a Child-Centric Perspective ; Marit Skivenes ; III. CONTINENTAL SYSTEMS ; 9. Child Protection in an Age of Uncertainty: Germany's Response ; Reinhart Wolff, Kay Biesel, and Stefan Heinitz ; 10. Policy Towards Child Abuse and Neglect in Belgium: In Search of a Democratic Approach ; Kristof Desair and Peter Adriaenssens ; 11. Child Welfare in the Netherlands: Between Privacy and Protection Trudie Knijn and Carolus van Nijnatten ; IV. CONCLUSION ; 12. Changing Patterns of Response and Emerging Orientations Neil Gilbert, Nigel Parton, and Marit Skivenes

Neil Gilbert, PhD, is Chernin Professor of Social Welfare at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, and Co-Director of the Center for Child and Youth Policy.Nigel Parton, PhD, is NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield.Marit Skivenes, PhD, is Senior Researcher, Bergen University College.

The book is well written, interesting, and important in presenting all these different patterns and trends in each country over the years. It would be welcome material in university and college teaching, but it also gives ideas for governmental actions towards developing practices. Furthermore, the discussion about methods in analysing connections between macro and micro levels may provide nourishment for further developing approaches and concepts in the field.

• 1. Introduction ; Neil Gilbert, Nigel Parton, and Marit Skivenes ; I. ANGLO-AMERICAN SYSTEMS ; 2. Trends and Issues in the U.S. Child Welfare System ; Jill Duerr Berrick ; 3. Canadian Child Welfare: Child Protection and the Status Quo ; Karen Swift ; 4. Child Protection in England ; Nigel Parton and David Berridge ; II. NORDIC SYSTEMS ; 5. The Dark Side of the Universal Welfare State? Child Abuse and Protection in Sweden ; Madeleine Cocozza and Sven E. O. Hort ; 6. Combatting Child Abuse in Finland: From Family to Child-Centered Orientation ; Tarja Poso ; 7. Denmark: A Child Welfare System Under Reframing ; Anne-Dorthe Hestbaek ; 8. Norway: Towards a Child-Centric Perspective ; Marit Skivenes ; III. CONTINENTAL SYSTEMS ; 9. Child Protection in an Age of Uncertainty: Germany's Response ; Reinhart Wolff, Kay Biesel, and Stefan Heinitz ; 10. Policy Towards Child Abuse and Neglect in Belgium: In Search of a Democratic Approach ; Kristof Desair and Peter Adriaenssens ; 11. Child Welfare in the Netherlands: Between Privacy and Protection Trudie Knijn and Carolus van Nijnatten ; IV. CONCLUSION ; 12. Changing Patterns of Response and Emerging Orientations Neil Gilbert, Nigel Parton, and Marit Skivenes

Neil Gilbert, PhD, is Chernin Professor of Social Welfare at the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, and Co-Director of the Center for Child and Youth Policy.Nigel Parton, PhD, is NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield.Marit Skivenes, PhD, is Senior Researcher, Bergen University College.

The book is well written, interesting, and important in presenting all these different patterns and trends in each country over the years. It would be welcome material in university and college teaching, but it also gives ideas for governmental actions towards developing practices. Furthermore, the discussion about methods in analysing connections between macro and micro levels may provide nourishment for further developing approaches and concepts in the field.

• 1. Introduction ; Neil Gilbert, Nigel Parton, and Marit Skivenes ; I. ANGLO-AMERICAN SYSTEMS ; 2. Trends and Issues in the U.S. Child Welfare System ; Jill Duerr Berrick ; 3. Canadian Child Welfare: Child Protection and the Status Quo ; Karen Swift ; 4. Child Protection in England ; Nigel Parton and David Berridge ; II. NORDIC SYSTEMS ; 5. The Dark Side of the Universal Welfare State? Child Abuse and Protection in Sweden ; Madeleine Cocozza and Sven E. O. Hort ; 6. Combatting Child Abuse in Finland: From Family to Child-Centered Orientation ; Tarja Poso ; 7. Denmark: A Child Welfare System Under Reframing ; Anne-Dorthe Hestbaek ; 8. Norway: Towards a Child-Centric Perspective ; Marit Skivenes ; III. CONTINENTAL SYSTEMS ; 9. Child Protection in an Age of Uncertainty: Germany's Response ; Reinhart Wolff, Kay Biesel, and Stefan Heinitz ; 10. Policy Towards Child Abuse and Neglect in Belgium: In Search of a Democratic Approach ; Kristof Desair and Peter Adriaenssens ; 11. Child Welfare in the Netherlands: Between Privacy and Protection Trudie Knijn and Carolus van Nijnatten ; IV. CONCLUSION ; 12. Changing Patterns of Response and Emerging Orientations Neil Gilbert, Nigel Parton, and Marit Skivenes