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The prevention of child abuse
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 13(4), September 1999, pp.317-329.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
An apparent practice oriented consensus that child abuse can and should be prevented covers considerable conflict in ideology, interest and conceptual understanding. This paper proposes a change in the language of child protection, away from child abuse towards specified avoidable harm.
Is the criminalisation of child harm and injury in the interests of the child
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 11(2), June 1997, pp.97-107.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The impetus to prosecute in cases of child harm and injury has increased considerably over recent years with earlier involvement of the police in child protection and incremental legal reform which aims for more child-centred practices. This article presents research on the implementation of the Memorandum of Good Practice to propose that the prosecution of child abuse is neither achieved nor achievable in the majority of cases and that the assumption on which the criminalisation of child abuse is based should be challenged.
The social construction of child abuse for practical policy purposes- a review of child protection: messages from research
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Law Quarterly, 8(3), 1996, pp.189-200.
- Publisher:
- Jordan Publishing
Defines child abuse and looks at concerns relating to the functioning of the child protection system from a research perspective.
Kids on film
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.10.93, 1993, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines how well video interviews with children under the Criminal Justice Act have worked in the Act's first year.
For justice and therapy?
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.8.92, 1992, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Memorandum of Good Practice gives guidance on recording children's evidence under the Criminal Justice Act. Explains the challenges presented by the new guidelines.
Making a case in child protection
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 217p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Practical guide which reviews current practice and research and aims to aid practitioner's to make informed choices in child protection assessment and successfully construct a child protection case.
Working together
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 13.9.90, 1990, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Argues that the joint working principles embodied in the Bexley model of dealing with child sexual abuse need to be upheld.
Report of interviews concerning teachers' experiences with children who have or may have been sexually abused
- Author:
- WATTAM Corinne
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 24p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Concern is raised over the low number of referrals made by teachers and reports on a survey of teachers' experiences.
Children's participation in decision-making
- Authors:
- BARFORD Roger, WATTAM Corinne
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 5(2), 1991, pp.93-102.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the involvement of children in decision-making at various stages of the child protection process, and some of the problems encountered by practitioners in child centred work.
Dilemmas in disclosure
- Authors:
- WATTAM Corinne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 18.1.90, 1990, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on a recent Lancaster University/NSPCC conference on child sexual abuse research, and the ethical minefield that research has to negotiate.