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At the beginning of the 21st century, there is a growing global consciousness of the issues affecting children and a commitment to address them. This work responds to the need for a comprehensive collection of international statistical material on children.

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This study, done over a four-year period, focuses on children who are older than infants when placed for adoption, children who are members of a sibling group, and children with physical, emotional, or behavioral difficulties.

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This book crosses international boundaries to explore contemporary child and family welfare practices. It traces the major changes and challenges in Western practice over the past decade, looks at evidence-informed practice, and focuses on the generic phases of the statutory process, including assessing risk and finding safe solutions.

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This book deals with four types of abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. For each type of abuse, selected works of fiction, literary, and professional perspectives are juxtaposed along with applications for utilizing the stories in a hypothetical therapy setting.

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This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption.

The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience and rigorous research, both documents these adoptions and examines their implications for American society.

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This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption.

The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience and rigorous research, both documents these adoptions and examines their implications for American society.

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Whatever your area of study or work an understanding of childhood is essential for effective practice and integrative working. This book introduces the child's world, from policy that affects them to influences on their development. It alsointroduces key areas of practice, considering ethics, safeguarding and also diversity and difference.

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This book looks at the lives of six individuals. Based on documentary research and extensive interviews, the book relates personal histories to wider policy and practice developments and makes important connections between poverty, inequality and child care policy.

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Recent studies have shown that being adopted can affect many aspects of adoptees' lives, from relationships with adoptive parents to bonds with their own children. Using their combined total of 55 years experience in clinical and research work with adoptees and their families, the authors use the voices of adoptees themselves to trace how adoption is experienced over a lifetime.

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"The story of a woman who volunteers at an orphanage in Cambodia, set up by a Vietnam War vet for children with and/or orphaned by HIV/AIDS"--

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The central issue of daycare is often framed in a way that pits working moms against stay-at-home moms, and feminists against traditional families. This book shows how this establishment works to expand its power and silence its critics.

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The founder of Kids Company lays out the model of care that broke the cycle of neglect for thousands of vulnerable children. She reveals the scale of Britain's failure in children's services, making public two decades of candid exchanges with prime ministers and senior politicians to explain why the sector has not improved since Victorian times.

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This is a renowned activist's impassioned look at gangs and youth violence in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.

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How can we seek justice and redress for the sexual abuse of children and better prevent its occurrence This work brings together the thoughts on this question advanced by leading scholars, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, from around the world. Editors at Griffith University.

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Analyzes the history of the U.S. child welfare system and its implications today, offering ideas for reform and building solidarity.

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This book provides a critical account of British social policy since 1945 from the perspective of the child. Using the UN convention on the Rights of the Child as a yardstick, it examines a range of policy areas including health, education, housing, social security, child care and protection.

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This reader provides a critical perspective on work with children and young people at a time of change. It examines the ways that ideas inform practice, explores recent changes in the organisation of services and addresses what it means to be a critical, reflective practitioner.