Child Protection Systems in the United Kingdom

Anne Stafford is Director of The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Centre for UK-wide Learning in Child Protection (the Centre), University of Edinburgh, UK. She has worked in the areas of children and child protection policy and practice for many years and has written and researched extensively in this area. Nigel Parton is NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, UK and Visiting Professor at the Centre. He has been writing and researching in the areas of child protection and child welfare for over 30 years. Sharon Vincent is Research Fellow at the Centre and has been involved in research relating to child protection and child welfare for over 10 years. Connie Smith is Research and Policy Analyst at the Centre and has worked in policy and research both in the public and voluntary sectors for many years.

Very impressive book. It is certainly a book that should be read by those who are involved in the studying of child protection or involved in its practice... It is a very readable book took with the text written in a way that allows the reader to follow the logic of the authors. I certainly recommend its reading.

• 1. Introduction: About this Book. Part 1. Introduction and Context. 2. Contexts and Drivers of Policy Change in Child Protection across the UK. 3. Child Protection across the UK in an International Context. 4. Learning by Comparing: Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Conducting Comparative Research. Part 2. Child Protection Processes and Structures. 5. Policies and Procedures to Protect Children across the UK. 6. Managing Individual Cases where there are Child Protection Concerns. 7. Assessment Frameworks. 8. Child Death Review Processes. 9. Child Protection and Offender Management Systems across the UK.10. Summary and Conclusion: Child Protection across the UK. Appendix. References. Index.