Canadian child welfare law : children, families and the state

Bala, Nicholas C., (editor., Added Author). Zapf, Michael Kim, (editor., Added Author). Williams, R. James, (editor., Added Author). Vogl, Robin, (editor., Added Author). Hornick, J. P., (editor., Added Author).

Summary: "Canadian Child Welfare Law: Children, Families, and the State (2nd edition) provides students in social work and law with an introduction to child welfare law. This complex, demanding and important area of law and social work practice receives relatively little attention in professional schools and academic journals. For practicing lawyers and social workers who have not had the opportunity to study child welfare law, this book provides a useful overview of a complex area, as well as serving as a reference work for busy practitioners in the child welfare field. This second edition substantially updates material in the 1991 edition, including consideration of the impact of new legislation and the Charter of Rights. It also includes new chapters on liability issues for child welfare workers and agencies, and on the perspectives of social workers with respect to the legal process. The final chapter offers the personal views of four judges on the challenges that they face in dealing with child welfare cases." --

Record details

ISBN: 9781550771442
ISBN: 1550771442 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: xvi, 464 pages ; 23 cm.
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Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Thompson Educational Pub., [2004].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Editors and contributors - 1. Child welfare law in Canada: an introduciton - 2. Intitial involvement: reporting abuse and protecting children - 3. The child protection hearing - 4. Children in care - 5. Juvenile prostitiution and steet kids: challenges for protection workers and the justice system - 6. Adoption - 7. Aboriginal child welfare - 8. The lawyer's role - 9. Abuse and neglect allegations in the context of the parental seperation - 10. Criminal prosectuions for abuse and neglect - 11. Rules of evidence and preparing for court - 12. Preparing children for testifying in court - 13. Liability for child welfare workers: weighing the risks - 14. Concluding thoughts from social work - 15. Child protection proceedings: some conclusion thoughts -- Table of cases -- Table of statues -- Index.