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Child Protection and Canadian Law: A Service Perspective
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Status: Available
Author: Rock
ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-55239-124-2
Year: 2005
Description: Text / Softcover / One colour / 265 pages
Instructor's Guide/Teacher's Resource: Available
Subject: Child Protection/Social ServicesFamily LawYouth and Criminal Justice
Division: College & Beyond
Publisher: Emond Montgomery Publications
Contact: Instructor Support

Student Price: $68.50

DOWNLOADS: Table of Contents / Preface
FREE INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE: Contact Instructor Support.

Overview

This exciting new text, written in plain language, provides a much-needed resource on the law of child protection in Canada. An overview of children's rights and child protection law is presented in the context of a clear social services and child and youth worker perspective. The focus is on the duties and responsibilities of child and youth workers with respect to children at risk.

Top ∧Features

  • Includes practical exercises designed to encourage students to research social service resources in their own community
    • Designed to help students develop professionalism by stimulating discussions about law, ethics, and the social context of service work
      • Offers real and fictional fact scenarios and cases for problem solving
      • Includes the entire text of the Child and Family Services Act, plus portions of other statutes in appendixes
      • Excerpts from policies and government reports
      • End-of-chapter review questions
      • Glossary of key terms and an index

      Top ∧Content Summary

      PART I   Introduction to Child Protection Law

      • Special Legal Status for Children and Youth
      • Adults with Special Child Protection Responsibility

      PART II   Protecting Children's Rights

      • Children and the Civil Courts
      • Children and Family Law
      • Children and the State
      • Children and Criminality

      PART III   Protecting Children's Safety

      • Child Protection Under the Criminal Code
      • The Child and Family Services Act
      • Children in Residential Care
      • Special Issues




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