{"product_id":"social-work-and-child-abuse-dave-merrick-9780415354158","title":"Social Work and Child Abuse: Still Walking the Tightrope?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile social work practice with child abuse is a well-documented topic, this revised edition of \u003cem\u003eSocial Work and Child Abuse\u003c\/em\u003e actually challenges and changes the focus of existing literature. Instead of concerning itself with the ways in which the task of preventing and detecting child abuse can be more effectively undertaken, it presents a critical analysis of the task itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere has been much new guidance and regulation since the first edition of \u003cem\u003eSocial Work and Child Abuse\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1996, making this a timely new edition. With a brand new introduction and conclusion, this fully revised text discusses: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe implications of the Victoria Climbi? Inquiry, the Laming Report, the Green Paper Every Child Matters and the 2004 Children Act\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe 1989 Children Act and the conflicting duties of the social worker to prevent and intervene in child abuse and also to promote 'the family'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe emergence of official discourses of prevention, treatment and punishment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe 1975 Children Act and the role of moral panic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding with a call for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to strengthen the child protection system by giving children and young people a much stronger voice, this book is essential reading for all professionals in social and probation work, and for students in social work, social policy and criminology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Merrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415354153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415354158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.36w x 0.56d","brand":"Dave Merrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401234436351,"sku":"9780415354158","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3833b8cd-da2a-423d-b456-0b81883c8334.jpg?v=1733887128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-work-and-child-abuse-dave-merrick-9780415354158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}