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Rethinking child imprisonment: a report on young offender institutions
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Publisher:
- Children's Rights Alliance for England
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 146p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report argues that the responsibility for children in custody should pass from the Chief Inspector of Prisons to some other government department such as health or education. It also argues that a comprehensive set of legally enforceable rights for all children in custody should be introduced on the basis of international human rights law.
The development of national standards for children's advocacy
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 13(1), 2000, pp.8-14.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Children's advocacy services have been quietly mushrooming across the country over the last decade. Looks at the decision of the Department of Health to prepare national standards for children's advocacy services.
Why children should be unbeatable
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.3.99, 1999, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains why social workers should be at the forefront of the anti-smacking campaign.
Why the 'gentle smack' should go
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 11(3), September 1997, pp.201-204.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Puts forward the case for the UK to ban smacking, as supported by the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
The Education Act and excluded children
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 11(2), June 1997, pp.135-137.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Looks at the implications of the Education Act 1997 on the exclusion of children.
A minister for children?
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Children UK, 12, Spring 1997, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
The author, Principal Policy Officer at the National Children's Bureau, explains why the recent report into effective government structures for children calls for a minister dedicated to the interests of children and young people.
Policy statement: the locking up of children
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 9(3), October 1995, pp.142-145.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Summarises the results of a small survey conducted by the National Children's Bureau of children in secure units in England on 31 March 1995 and the views of professionals working in the units at that time. Focuses on the reasons children were housed in secure units.
Safe to let out: the current and future use of secure accommodation for children and young people
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Results of a 'snapshot' survey of all children held in secure units on 31 March 1994.
Cultural relativism and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 8(4), 1994, pp.296-299.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Considers the difficulties social or cultural practices can place on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Measures of control in adolescent psychiatric units
- Author:
- HODGKIN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 99, September 1993, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports the findings of a Children's Legal Centre survey of the measures of control used in residential adolescent psychiatric units in England and Wales. Despite evidence of extremely good practice in some units, variable and worrying aspects of control in others make a case for statutory regulations in this area.