Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injuries to Infants
Fine Judgments
Chapter One
INTRODUCTION
Child protection involvement with families after the discovery of serious
injuries to infants is a matter of continual public concern and controversy.
How do child protection professionals and courts undertake assessments
and make judgments whether injuries are due to abuse? If injuries are
considered to be the consequence of abuse, in what circumstances can it be
considered safe for the infant to return home?
In the modern history of child protection practice, countless numbers of
vulnerable infants have been protected from further harm through the
provision of effective support and therapeutic interventions to enable their
parents to care for them more appropriately. Moreover, the lives of innumerable
children have undoubtedly been saved by decisions that it could not
be considered safe for them to remain within their natural families. Such
effective practice in child protection is largely invisible.
In contrast, child protection errors have ... read full excerpt from Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injuries to Infants: Fine Judgments ebook
