Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injuries to Infants / Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series (PDF)

"This book is especially welcome because of the scholarship and
thoughtfulness evident throughout."

--Dr Peter Reder, Child Psychiatrist, London

How do child protection professionals and courts make judgments
on whether serious injuries to infants are due to abuse? If
injuries are considered to be the result of abuse, in what
circumstances can it be considered safe for the infant to return
home?

Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injuries to
Infants is concerned with helping child protection professionals
and courts make the right decisions and avoid errors that can have
disastrous consequences for children and families.

Drawing upon the extensive clinical and research experience of
the authors, this authoritative text:

* Reviews research on the causes of child abuse and problems in
diagnosing abuse.

* Examines the views of parents who consider that they have been
wrongly accused of child abuse.

* Draws specific attention to the need to assess potential for
change in families and considers in detail how this can be
achieved.

* Highlights skills issues that are necessary for undertaking
appropriate assessments.

* Identifies key factors that are indicative of reunification in
some cases, and factors that contraindicate reunification in
others.

With its evidence-based approach, this book will be a valuable
resource for all child protection professionals. It will also be of
use to health professionals, legal professionals, researchers,
lecturers and students of social work.