Human Rights in Child Protection: Implications for Professional Practice and Policy
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Pictures -- List of Tables -- 1: Child Protection and Human Rights: A Call for Professional Practice and Policy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Aim and Scope of the Book -- 3 'Lady Justice' at Street Level -- 4 Child Protection and Discretion -- 5 Human Rights and the Right to Protection -- 6 Child Protection as a Public and Professional Service -- 7 Contents of the Book -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 2: Children's Right to Protection Under the CRC -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Principles -- 3 Article 19: Interpretation and Scope -- 4 Prevention of Maltreatment -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Social Policy Measures -- 4.3 Social Programmes for Caregivers and Children -- 4.4 Educational Measures -- 4.5 Individual Prevention: Identification and Intervention -- 5 Responding to Violence, Abuse and Neglect -- 5.1 Reporting and Referral -- 5.2 Investigation and Prosecution -- 5.3 Treatment and Follow-Up -- 5.4 Judicial Involvement -- 6 Best Interests of the Child -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- United Nations Documents -- United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child -- European Court of Human Rights -- 3: Rights and Professional Practice: How to Understand Their Interconnection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Theory of Rights and the Right to Protection -- 2.1 Basic Human Rights Standard: Negative Right to Liberty -- 2.2 The Child's Right to Liberty: The Special Case -- 2.3 The Prospective Right to Liberty -- 2.4 Prospective Right to Liberty During Childhood -- 3 Limits to Epistemology: The Indeterminacy of a Child's Best Interests -- 4 Theory of Professionalism -- 4.1 The Formal Restriction -- 4.2 Rule of Approximation Embedded in Professional Practice -- 5 A Theory of Childhood in the Face of Professional Practice.