Dangerous Care :
Assessing the Risks to Children from their Carers'
Ann HagellDespite media panics about attack by strangers, it remains the case that the greatest risk to children comes from their parents and other carers. Extremely few childen are killed, seriously hurt or neglected, and consequently current sources are innacurate about predicting which ones these will be. However, these children in particularly risky circumstances pose enormous problems for multidisciplinary child protection teams, and it is critical that we make as much use as possible of the existing research literature in order to improve circumstances for these children. The book provides a comprehensive review of the literature (European and North American) on predicting danger to children, and assesses the extent of the problem and exiting measures for helping to make judgements about the risk management. It is of interest particularly to practitioners in child protection, but also to those engaged in a broader way in criminology, social policy and social work.
Contents:
- Background
- Mehodological Considerations
- Ethical Issues
- Information about Perpatrators
- Victimisation Studies, Relaions with the Perpetrator and Stimlational Factors
- Existing Instruments and Schemes for Asssessment and Prediction
- Reducing Risk through Remedical/Treatment Programmes
- Key Factors in Training Programmes for Professsionals Assessing Dangerousness
- Conculsion
£14.95 paperback ISBN 0 85374 745 8
April 1998 188 pages 216 x 135mm