Vulnerable Children and the Law: International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children’s Rights

370 Pages·2012·6.1 MB·English

by  Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley (eds.)

Vulnerable Children and the Law
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Vulnerable children and the law : international evidence for improving child
welfare, child protection and children's rights / edited by Rosemary Sheehan,
Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84905-868-1 (alk. paper)
1. Children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Congresses. 2. Child welfare--
Congresses. 3. Child abuse--Congresses. I. Sheehan, Rosemary. II. Rhoades,
Helen. III. Stanley, Nicky, 1955-
K639.A6V85 2012
342.08'772--dc23
2011037698
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84905 868 1
eISBN 978 0 85700 456 7
Contents
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDgEMENTS 9
Introduction 11
Rosemary Sheehan, Monash University, Australia, Helen
Rhoades, University of Melbourne, Australia and Nicky
Stanley, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Part I: Children and Citizenship
1. Children’s Rights: The Effective Implementation of
Rights-based Standards 23
Deena Haydon, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
2. Child Protection in Humanitarian Emergencies 41
Patrick O’Leary, the Griffith University, Australia and
University of Southampton, UK and Jason Squire, Terres des
hommes Foundation
3. Children in the Shadows: Child Trafficking in the UK 59
Christine Beddoe, ECPAT UK
4. Child Combatants and Peace Processes: Challenges of
Inclusion and Exclusion 75
Shelly L. Whitman, Dalhousie University, Canada
5. Unaccompanied Children as Illegal Immigrants in the
United States 93
Gladis E. Molina, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Project (FIRRP), USA
6. Children, Vulnerability and Rights: Protecting the Rights
of Children in Custody in Northern Ireland 109
Una Convery and Linda Moore, University of Ulster, UK
Part II: Indigenous and Non-national
Children and Vulnerability
7. The Victimisation of Indigenous Children 127
Suzanne Oliver, Northern Territory Stipendiary Magistrate,
Australia
8. Non-national Children and Vulnerability: The Child
Protection Context 145
Goos Cardol, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The
Netherlands
9. Mana Tamariki, Takahi Tamariki – Māori Child Pride,
Māori Child Abuse 161
Rawiri Taonui, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
10. International Human Rights Law and the Needs of
Indigenous Children 181
Terri Libesman, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Part III: Child Welfare and Family Identity
11. High Frequency Parental Contact for Infants in Care:
Whose Rights are Being Served? 201
Cathy Humphreys and Meredith Kiraly, University of
Melbourne, Australia
12. Maternal Incest: Challenges for Child Protection 219
Jackie Turton, University of Essex, UK
13. Lost Identities: Denying Children their Family Identity 235
James Reid, University of Huddersfield, UK
14. Should Adoption Be an Option? 251
Greg Kelly and Chaitali Das, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Part IV: Child Welfare and Legal Intervention
15. Child Protection and Family Law: The Australian
Experience 269
Lisa Young, Murdoch University, Australia
16. The Police Role in Identifying and Responding to
Children Experiencing Domestic Violence 283
Nicky Stanley, Pam Miller, NSPCC, UK, Helen Richardson-
Foster, University of Sheffield, UK and Gill Thomson,
University of Central Lancashire, UK
17. Relocation of Children in Family Law Disputes 299
Robert H. George, University College Oxford, UK
18. Working with Separated Families 317
Helen Rhoades
19. Deciding the Best Interests of the Child: Legal Responses
to Child Protection Concerns 333
Rosemary Sheehan
20. Conclusion 347
Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 355
SUBJECT INDEx 359
AUTHOR INDEx 364