An overview of safeguarding and protecting children across the UK

Sharon Vincent

An overview of safeguarding and protecting children across the UK

Sharon Vincent

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This chapter is part of a book that compares and contrasts developments in relation to safeguarding and child protection policy in the UK. This opening chapter provides a brief overview of the different approaches to safeguarding and protecting children across the UK, concentrating in particular on the recent period of reform. It compares and contrasts policies, legislation and procedures in different parts of the UK and identifies common themes as well as differences. It focuses on systems in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but acknowledges that approaches to safeguarding may vary in other parts of the UK, such as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Child Protection Reform across the UK
Editors	Anne Stafford, Sharon Vincent, Nigel Parton
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Dunedin Academic Press
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	978-1903765975
Publication status	Published - 2010

Child protection systems in the United Kingdom: A comparative analysis
Stafford, A., Parton, N., Vincent, S. & Smith, C.
1/01/07 → 31/12/10
Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)
Child protection reform
Vincent, S., Stafford, A., Daniel, B. & Jackson, S.
1/01/07 → 31/12/10
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation

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An overview of safeguarding and protecting children across the UK

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Child protection systems in the United Kingdom: A comparative analysis

Child protection reform

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