Toward a Child-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Child Protection System

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Toward a Child-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Child Protection System A Report of the Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law

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Gary B. Melton, Ross A. Thompson, Mark A. Small

Book Code: C6910

ISBN: 0-275-96910-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96910-3

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320 pages, figures

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 11/30/2001

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: The current system of protecting society's children from abuse is failing miserably. In this volume, scholars affiliated with universities and professional associations nationwide pinpoint a better strategy. Their research spotlights neighborhood-based child protection systems and provides a comprehensive approach for creating procedures that meaningfully address child maltreatment. The volume discusses the challenges of moving toward such a system within the current legal, political, and cross-cultural contexts of child protection. Examples of promising applications of a community-based approach are cited. Also cited are the legal and practical structural steps to be taken in creating caring communities that effectively address child abuse and neglect.

Table of Contents:

Overview
The Conceptual Foundation: Why Child Protection Should be Neighborhood-Based and Child-Centered by Gary B. Melton and Ross A. Thompson
Some Initial Ideas About Implementation of a Child-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Child Protection System: Impressions from Focus Groups in Nebraska by Alan J. Tomkins and Kathryn A. Olson
The Social Context: What Comes Naturally in Child Protection by Susan P. Limber and Patricia Y. Hashima
The Nature and Efficacy of Child-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Child Protection Programs: The Record Thus Far by Sarah L. Cook, Dickon Reppucci, and Mark A. Small
Foundations for a Child-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Child Protection System
Neighborhood-Based Services: Lessons from the Settlement House Movement and the War on Poverty by Murray Levine and Adeline Levine
The Cross-Cultural Context: Lessons from Community Development Projects by Clifford R. O'Donnell, Kathleen Wilson, and Roland G. Tharp
The Political Context: Lessons from Efforts to Reform Child and Family Services by Josephine Gittler
The Legal Context of Child Protection: A Proposal for a Child-Centered Policy by Mark A. Small, Catherine A. Crosby-Currie, and N. Dickon Reppucci
Toward a Child-Oriented Child Protection System by Ross A. Thompson and Mary Fran Flood
Some Current Applications
Exemplary Neighborhood-Based Programs for Child Protection by Kathleen Wilson and Gary B. Melton
Healthy Start: A Statewide System of Family Support for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect--And More by Loretta Fuddy and Ross A. Thompson
The Self-Help Movement and Neighborhood Support for Troubled Families by Virginia Murphy-Berman and Gary B. Melton
Research Issues: New Methods for New Problems: Client Life-Histories as a Construct for Evaluation of Child and Youth Services by Edward P. Mulvey and William Gardner
Next Steps
Creating Caring Communities: The Need for Structural Change by Mark A. Small, Gary B. Melton, Kathryn A. Olson, and Alan J. Tomkins
Appendix A: Member Affiliate Centers of the Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law
Appendix B: Reports of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect
Appendix C: The U.S. Advisory Board's Proposed National Child Protection Policy
Appendix D: The Nebraska Child Protection Commission's Proposed Safe Children Policy Act
Appendix E: The Nebraska Family Policy Act

LC Card Number: 2001021177

LCC Class: HV741

Dewey Class: 362


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