Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-259, [283]-295) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This monograph addresses state intervention and family life with reference to the protection of children. Topics covered include the co-ordination of intervention, and the balance between children's rights and the liberties of adults.
目次
The institutional framework and research design
the child as clinical object
the child as social object
the rule of optimism
the division of labour
sovereignty and association - co-ordinating intervention
case conferences and the legalization of mistreatment
representing "the facts"
charges and defences
social regulation and the family in a Liberal State
children's rights, adults' liberties - towards a proper balance?