Protecting Children: Messages from Europe

This presentation of recent research findings is not intended to be a conventional reference work and therefore cannot be judged as such. The material is based on research in eight European child protection systems, including England and Scotland. These systems are described in the fourth chapter, which does give the book some limited reference value. However, justice can only be done to the material as a whole, and to the authors’ objectives, by a thorough cover‐to‐cover reading and careful consideration of the findings and arguments presented. A primary intention is that the book should enable child protection practitioners, managers, trainers,...