The 1990's and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995

Connie Smith

The 1990's and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995

Connie Smith

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Abstract

The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 was a direct policy response to a number of circumstances described in earlier chapters of the book.There had been a series of high profile public enquiries concerning the conduct of individual cases that became a focus for public concern about professional intervention in families. There had been an expansion of categories and new understandings of child abuse, perhaps most significantly, child sexual abuse. Lastly, the earlier emphasis on providing support to families on a preventative basis, which had formed the backdrop of the establishment of the children's hearing system, had given way to an increasing focus on child protection investigations, leading to a dramatic rise in care or protection referrals to children's hearings and bringing a much larger number of children within the child protection system than previously.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Young People
Editors	A. Stafford, S. Vincent
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Dunedin Academic Press
Pages	34-48
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9781903765692
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Learning from child deaths and serious abuse in Scotland
Stafford, A. & Vincent, S.
1/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)
Child protection reform
Vincent, S. (Principal Investigator), Stafford, A. (Co-investigator), Daniel, B. (Co-investigator) & Jackson, S. (Co-investigator)
1/01/07 → 31/12/10
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation

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The 1990's and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995

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