Overview

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.

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Author:   Gary B. Melton ,  Ross A. Thompson ,  Mark A. Small
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780275969103

ISBN 10:   027596910
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 November 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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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

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GARY B. MELTON is Director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. A professor of psychology, he is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and eight of its divisions. ROSS A. THOMPSON is a Carl A. Happold Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska. He is Director of the university's developmental psychology program. MARK A. SMALL is Professor of Psychology and research associate at the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University. He is also a licensed attorney.

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