Safeguarding Children Early Intervention and Surveillance in a Late Modern Society

by Parton, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9781403933324
• ISBN10: 1403933324
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-17
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

"This text by one of Britain's leading commentators provides an incisive and compelling analysis of how thinking about child abuse has changed in recent years. Nigel Parton examines the new policies systems and practices which are being put in place to remedy what is widely recognised as an intolerable situation. In the process, he argues, a fundamental shift is underway in the relationships between children, parents, professionals and the state. He suggests that we are witnessing the emergence of the preventive state, geared to pre-empt child welfare problems before they occur through ever closer regulation and surveillance." "Original and wide-ranging, Safeguarding Childhood is essential reading for students and researches in the fields of social work, social policy, early childhood studies and sociology. It will also be of considerable interest to childcare professionals and practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Nigel Parton is Professor of Child Care and Director of the Centre of Applied Childhood Studies, University of Hudddersfield.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	1	(1)
A History of the Present	2	(1)
Central Themes and Structure of the Book	3	(5)
Child Welfare and Modern Society	8	(19)
Child Welfare and the First Crisis of Modernity	9	(7)
The Inter-war Period	16	(2)
The Children Act 1948 and the Post-war Settlement of `Organised Modernity'	18	(3)
Expansion, Rationalisation and the Establishment of the `Family Service'	21	(2)
Conclusion	23	(4)
Child Abuse and the Growing Crisis in Child Protection	27	(20)
Child Abuse Moves Centre Stage	29	(6)
Changing Political and Social Contexts	35	(2)
The Children Act 1989: A New Statutory Framework	37	(3)
The Emergence of Institutional Abuse and the Paedophile	40	(5)
Conclusion	45	(2)
From Maria Colwell to Victoria Climbie: The Emergence of Late Modernity	47	(16)
The Globalisation of Production, Markets and Exchange	51	(1)
The Rise of Electronic Mass Media	52	(1)
The Individualisation of Social and Cultural Life	53	(1)
Changes to the Structure of Family and Household	54	(2)
Pluralism, Ontological Insecurity and Social Anxiety	56	(2)
Social Anxiety, Late Modernity and Childhood	58	(2)
Conclusion	60	(3)
Rethinking Child Protection and Family Support	63	(21)
The `Refocusing' of Children's Services	64	(10)
The `Looking After Children' Project	74	(4)
Early Childhood Prevention	78	(3)
Conclusion	81	(3)
Governing Childhood under New Labour	84	(16)
The Death of Childhood Innocence	84	(2)
New Labour, the `Third Way' and `Tough Love'	86	(6)
Combating Social Exclusion	92	(1)
Promoting Social Investment	93	(2)
Sure Start	95	(3)
Conclusion	98	(2)
`Working Together to Safeguard Children'	100	(17)
From `The Protection of Children from Abuse' to the `Safeguarding and Promotion of Children's Welfare'	101	(6)
`The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families'	107	(6)
Conclusion	113	(4)
Policing the Paedophile	117	(22)
Constructing the Paedophile: The Role of the Media	118	(5)
Protecting the Public	123	(3)
The Death of Sarah Payne and the News of the World Campaign	126	(5)
Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements	131	(2)
Soham and Intelligence Systems' Failure	133	(4)
Conclusion	137	(2)
`Every Child Matters'	139	(25)
The Laming and Joint Inspectors' Reports	139	(5)
`Children at Risk'	144	(6)
The Green Paper	150	(11)
Conclusion	161	(3)
Towards `the Preventive State'	164	(24)
The Dispersal of State Care/Control	166	(3)
Comparing Child Protection Systems	169	(2)
Prevention and Surveillance Systems	171	(7)
Individualisation and Self-realisation	178	(7)
Conclusion	185	(3)
Notes	188	(19)
References	207	(20)
Index	227