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.

6 Concluding Remarks: The World Is the Limit -- References -- 4: The Child's Best Interest Principle across Child Protection Jurisdictions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Principle of the Best Interest of the Child and Discretion -- 3 Child Protection Systems, Welfare States and Jurisdictions -- 4 Data and Methods -- 4.1 Limitations -- 5 Findings -- 5.1 Child's Participation -- 5.2 The Child's Needs -- 5.3 Permanency -- 5.4 Protection -- 5.5 The Child's Relationships -- 5.6 The Child's Identity -- 5.7 Parents' Perspective -- 5.8 Future -- 5.9 Weight and Procedures -- 5.10 Summary Findings -- 6 Discussion -- 7 Strong and Weak Discretion -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Legislation and Conventions -- 5: Re-designing Organizations to Facilitate Rights-Based Practice in Child Protection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Provision Rights and Promoting Development -- 3 Respecting Participation Rights -- 3.1 Listening to Children -- 3.2 Involving Children in Creating and Implementing a Safety Plan -- 3.3 Keeping Informed of What Is Happening and Why -- 4 Conclusion: How the Convention Can Guide Professional Practice -- References -- 6: Experts by Experience Infusing Professional Practices in Child Protection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experts by Experience: Focus on Expert and Experiential Knowledge -- 3 The Expert Views from Inside: Survivors' Messages -- 3.1 Listen to Children in Care -- 3.2 Know Your Rights and Responsibilities -- 3.3 'We-Talk' as an Ethical Choice -- 3.4 Changing the View from Problems to Strengths -- 4 Experiential Knowledge on Rights: Influences and Contradictions -- 4.1 Experiential Knowledge Influencing Policy and Legislation -- 4.2 The Inclusion of Children's Views in Front-Line Practice -- 5 Summing Up -- References -- 7: The Rights of Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care -- 1 Introduction.

2 Background: The Danish Out-of-Home Care Landscape -- 3 The CRC as a Standard -- 4 Growing Up in Out-of-Home Care: Methods and Data -- 5 Rights of Young People in Out-of-Home Care -- 5.1 Participation: Giving the Child's Views 'Due Weight' -- 5.2 Protection from, for example, Violence, Abuse, Neglect -- 5.3 Risk Factors Characterizing Young People in Care -- 5.4 Everyday Life in Care and Life Satisfaction -- 6 Challenges in Measuring CRC Rights Enforcement -- 6.1 Measuring Life Satisfaction and Implementation of Rights in Out-of-Home Care -- 6.2 Pathways for Strengthening the Rights Perspective -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 8: Emergency Placements: Human Rights Limits and Lessons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Relevance of Human Rights to Professional Practice in Emergency Cases -- 3 National Regulation of Interim Orders in Emergencies -- 4 Court Review of County Board Decisions in Emergency Cases -- 4.1 Violence -- 4.2 Sexual Abuse -- 4.3 Drug Abuse -- 4.4 Psychological Disorders -- 4.5 Risk of Abduction -- 4.6 Neglect of Newborn Babies -- 5 Lessons Learned from Norwegian Case Law -- 6 How Human Rights Can Guide Professional Practice in Emergency Cases -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 9: Rights-Based Practice and Marginalized Children in Child Protection Work -- 1 Marginalization: An Integral Part of the Picture in Child Protection -- 1.1 Marginalization in Egalitarian Societies -- 1.2 Individualization of Social Needs -- 2 The Implementation of CRC in Child Protection -- 2.1 Freedom Rights and Welfare Rights: Two Sides of the Same Coin -- 2.2 Active Investment in Children -- 3 Can the Implementation of CRC in Professional Child Protection Work Improve the Lives of the Most Marginalized Children and Families? -- 4 School: One of the Most Important Generators of Marginalization.

4.1 Education in the Knowledge Society -- 4.2 How Can the CRC Guide Professional Practice in Meeting the Needs of Marginalized Children's' Situation in School? -- 4.3 Child Protection Workers Need Knowledge of Children's Situation at School -- 4.4 Child Protection Workers Can Take the Initiative in Defining Responsibilities -- 4.5 More Help Directed at the School Situation of CPS Children Living at Home -- 4.6 Recognize that Children in CPS Have Ability and Potential -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 10: In-home Services: A Rights-Based Professional Practice Meets Children's and Families' Needs -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Relevance of the CRC to Professional Practice with In-home Services -- 2 When Does the State's Responsibility for Providing Services Occur? -- 2.1 The Threshold for CWS Involvement -- 3 Realizing Children's Rights to Services -- 3.1 Individual Rights to Services When Parents Do Not Give Their Consent -- 4 Targeting Parents to Secure Children's Right to Timely and Adapted Help -- 4.1 Parents in Society -- 4.2 In-home Services and the Case of Immigrant Families -- 5 Challenges to Rights-Based Practice -- 5.1 Homogenization of Parenthood -- 5.2 Reduction of Complex Needs -- 5.3 Marginalization of the Child -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 11: Embodied Care Practices and the Realization of the Best Interests of the Child in Residential Institutions for Young Children -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Discovering the Body -- 3 Good Practice, Knowing Bad Practices Occur -- 4 A Methodological Consideration of Embodiment -- 5 The Body in Care Practices, or the Embodiment of Care -- 6 Towards a Specific Understanding of Social Work Professionalism: Care Ethics, Good Care Practices and the Child's Best Interest -- 7 Connecting Embodied Care Practices with the Best Interests of the Child -- 8 Conclusion -- References.

12: Formal and Everyday Participation in Foster Families: A Challenge? -- 1 Children's Participatory Rights and Professional Work -- 2 Rights, Relationships and Generations -- 3 Formalized Participation for Children in Foster Care -- 3.1 Legislation and Regulations -- 3.2 Enforcing Foster Children's Participatory Rights -- 4 Participation as a Natural Part of Everyday Family Life -- 4.1 Age and Type of Decision Matter -- 4.2 Participation Is Relational and Entails Compromise -- 4.3 The Decision to Become a Foster Family -- 5 Interactions in Everyday Life -- 6 Professional Practice with All Children in a Foster Home -- References -- 13: Conclusion: Towards Rights-Based Child Protection Work -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Systems Level -- 3 The Policy Level -- 4 Three Examples from Child Protection Practice -- 5 Conclusion -- Index.

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