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Prevention : a realistic objective?
- Author:
- GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.10.88, 1988, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
No matter how good the procedures, it is simply not possible to prevent all cases of serious child abuse, as accurate prediction of abusing families is not possible.
Placing children on child protection registers: risk indicators and local authority differences
- Authors:
- GORDON David, GIBBONS Jane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(3), June 1998, pp.423-436.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Wide variation in rates of children on protection registers in different authorities has led to doubts about the reliability of local decision making. A study of referrals, for suspected abuse or neglect in eight English local authorities, found that indicators of child and family vulnerability were more important than local area in explaining selection for initial child protection conference and placement on registers. There appeared to be agreement on 'common-sense' risk indicators but stronger measurements of risk would enable child protection procedures to be better targeted.
Variation in operation of English child protection registers
- Authors:
- GIBBONS Jane, BELL Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(6), December 1994, pp.701-714.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
English child protection register statistics reveal wide and persistent variations between authorities, but over time their rank order remains moderately stable. Socio-demographic characteristics of areas combined with differing policies and practices in keeping the register have been found to explain much of the variability. While statistics of children on registers are not valid measures of the incidence of child maltreatment, registers themselves appear to play a useful part in local child protection systems.