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This book includes chapters from a range of countries which critically reflect on recent developments in child protection policy and practice. It is a follow-up to ‘Contemporary Developments in Child Protection’ Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which were published by MDPI in 2015. It begins from the premise that the concerns of child protection have broadened considerably in recent years, and that the policies and practices are complex. It also begins from the recognition that child protection policies and practices are themselves shaped by a wide range of social, cultural and political factors, which vary both over time and in different contexts and jurisdictions.

child protection --- predictive analytics --- rights --- social justice --- algorithms --- decision making --- social support --- foster care --- child welfare --- family needs --- content analysis --- care --- contextual safeguarding --- control --- extra-familial harm --- surveillance --- child abuse --- child protection and welfare --- public protection --- family support --- bio-ecological --- networks and networking --- social work --- complexity theory --- disability --- vulnerability --- safeguarding --- child rights --- family inclusion --- co-constructing social work --- practice frameworks --- young people and children --- institutionalization of children deprived of parental care --- de-institutionalization of child care and child protection --- root cause approach --- Kenya --- sport --- child --- athlete --- protection --- Canadian --- safe sport --- group intervention --- child sexual abuse --- child physical abuse --- reports --- child welfare systems --- mandatory reporting laws --- comparative analysis --- cross-jurisdictional analysis --- analysis over time --- agency data --- systems burden --- risk to children --- sustainable development goals --- convention on the rights of the child --- African charter on the rights and welfare of the child --- non-government organisations --- n/a --- child protection system --- participation --- integrity --- autonomy --- historical analysis --- legal analysis --- participant observation --- human rights --- children’s rights --- Switzerland --- children's rights

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Volume 1 "Policy Changes and Challenges" takes as its central theme the ongoing and challenging issues which child protection agencies have to address and the policy and practice initiatives that are developed to try and address these. The volume includes papers on: the relationship between the decline in the rate of 'unnatural' deaths and the growth of concern about child abuse in the USA between 1940 and 2005; mandatory reporting; the balance between providing urgent intervention and meeting chronic need; risk and the Public Law Outline in England; the nature and implications of 'child centred' policies; the impact of intimate partner and family violence; the intended and unintended consequences of high profile child abuse scandals; developing multi-disciplinary team work in a health setting; and the possibilities of technology-based innovations in prevention programmes.

Child welfare. --- Child abuse --- Social work with children. --- Children --- Prevention. --- Services for.