Child Protection: Risk and the Moral Order - Softcover

Parton, Nigel; Thorpe, David; Wattam, Corrine

 
9780333629475: Child Protection: Risk and the Moral Order

Synopsis

Drawing on original research, this book provides a major critique of contemporary child protection research, policy and practice. In particular, it challenges current attempts to reorder priorities and reconstruct the balance between family support and child protection. In the process, it provides a unique insight into the nature of child protection work and the way practitioners respond to the inherent tensions and difficulties involved. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this major personal and social issue.

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About the Authors

Nigel Parton is Professor in Applied Childhood Studies at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

David Thorpe is a British actor who has narrated over one hundred audiobooks.  Some of his credits include Max Brook’s World War Z, Sam Christner’s The Stonehenge Legacy, Elizabeth Haynes’s Into the Darkest Corner, and Karen Maitland’s Company of Liars. On his various work, AudioFile magazine has praised Thorpe’s “amazing range of accents and voices:” from his “wry, almost sarcastic, tone” to his “commanding…foreboding and evil [voice] that mesmerizes listeners.”  He has recorded many of Margery Allingham’s works in addition to The School of Life series.

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