Investing in Children: Policy, Law and Practice in Practice

ISBN-13: 9781843923244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str.

Christine Piper

Opis

Presents insights from a range of disciplines, including law, sociology, criminology and history, to identify and explain the complex and inter-related factors which help or hinder the state to 'invest' in children and young people.

Spis treści

Preface  Part 1: Remodelling the Components: Children, Families and Risk  1. The 'Problem' of Spending on Children  2. Transforming Parliament's Children  3. Upgrading Risk-based Investment in Children  4. Reconstructing Parental Responsibility  Part 2: The Mechanisms for, and Success of, Investment Policies  5. The Science of Prevention: Constructing and Assessing Risk  6. Law's Role in Investment  7. Investing in Early Intervention: Addressing the Risk Factors   8. The Right Mix of Parents, Policy, Science and Law

O autorze

Christine Piper is Professor of Law at Brunel University. Her research and teaching interests are in child and family law and policy, as well as youth justice and sentencing. She is on the Editorial Board of Child and Family Law Quarterly and is a member of the Criminal Justice Research Group based in BLS and of the Child and Youth Research Centre at Brunel University.