Protecting Children in Time

Child Abuse, Child Protection and the Consequences of Modernity

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Harry Ferguson

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Protecting Children in Time provides a highly original analysis of the origins and development of the taken for granted notion that it is possible through social intervention to protect children from avoidable harm and even death, to protect children in time. By using case studies which span the past 120 years of 'modern' practices and drawing on the work of leading social theorists of modernity and risk society it provides a new way of thinking about constructions of child abuse as a social problem and child protection as a late modern expert system and experience. It proposes new ways of conceptualizing relationships between professionals, children at risk and families and deepens our understanding of what effective interventions have to involve.

Author Biography:

HARRY FERGUSON is Professor of Social Work in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. The author of several books and numerous articles, he has been working in the areas of social theory, social policy, social work and child protection for twenty-five years.

Release date Australia

June 11th, 2004

Author

Harry Ferguson

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

2004 ed.

Illustrations

XIV, 262 p.

Pages

262

Dimensions

140x216x14

ISBN-13

9781403906939

Product ID

1749145

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