Child protection in Germany

The article looks at the history of childhood in the society, the country of Germany, and abroad. Today’s view of children as legal persons, recognizing their endowment with competencies and resources but also their ontological dependence, is a rather ‘new’ perspective in human history. Therefore the article first focuses onto the UN-Child-Right’s-Convention which was ratified in Germany in 1992. Second, a closer look at the development of the legal foundations of child protection in Germany shows how child protection in Germany was developed. The reader will get an overview about the child protection system in Germany, afterwards. The article ends with some recommendations to establish a child-rights-focused perspective in the child protection system in Germany.

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Victoria's Protective services and the ‘Interim’ Fogarty Report: Is This the Right Road at Last?

Children Australia ◽

10.1017/s1035077200002546 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 12-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Christopher R. Goddard

Keyword(s):

Child Protection ◽

Protection System ◽

Interim Report ◽

Protective Services ◽

Child Protection Services ◽

History Of ◽

Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽

The Right

The history of the provision of child protection services in Victoria, and the lack thereof, is a long and complex one. Yet another twist in the tale occurred recently.A report by Mr Justice Fogarty and Mrs Delys Sargeant, entitled Protective Services for Children in Victoria: An Interim Report, was released in January 1989. This report (hereinafter the Fogarty Report) was commissioned by the Victorian Government in August 1988:“… to inquire into and advise it upon the operation of Victoria's child protection system and on measures to improve its effectiveness and efficiency.”

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In the Loop

Social Work and Social Sciences Review ◽

10.1921/swssr.v16i3.539 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 7-19

Author(s):

Jeremy Kearney

Keyword(s):

Child Protection ◽

Radical Change ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Protection System ◽

Recent Attempt ◽

Coordinated Management Of Meaning ◽

History Of ◽

Welfare Discourse ◽

Over 40 Years ◽

Organisational Level

The question of how to protect children from non-accidental harm has dominated child welfare discourse in England since the death of Maria Colwell in 1973. For over 40 years, the history of child care policy and in particular, child protection policy has been the history of the policymakers’ responses to particular tragedies and scandals. The Munro Review of Child Protection (2011) is the most recent attempt to introduce major changes into the child protection system. This paper focuses on two particular aspects of the Review. Firstly, it examines how it constructs the meaning of ‘child protection’, as this is not clearly defined by the review. Secondly, the use of systems theory as the analytical framework is examined and some limitations of its focus on the organisational level of context are discussed. It is suggested that these two issues are interrelated and act to limit the possibilities of fundamental change in the child protection system. Drawing on the work of communication theorist, Gregory Bateson, and conceptual and practical developments within the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) approach, it is argued that social workers are required to operate simultaneously within multiple, and often incompatible, contexts. For radical change to take place in the child protection system, the utopian bias that the system should prevent all non-accidental deaths needs to be abandoned.

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Young People Under Youth Justice Supervision With Varying Child Protection Histories: An Analysis of Group Differences

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x18791735 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 159-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Catia G. Malvaso ◽

Paul H. Delfabbro ◽

Andrew Day ◽

Gavin Nobes

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Child Protection ◽

South Australia ◽

Convincing Evidence ◽

Protection System ◽

Youth Justice ◽

Complex Needs ◽

Out Of Home Care ◽

History Of

There is now convincing evidence that childhood maltreatment is associated with youth offending; however, relatively little is known about the characteristics and needs of those who are involved in both the child protection and youth justice systems, and the extent to which these might differ according to level of child protection involvement. This study reports the characteristics and needs of 2,045 young people who were under supervision in secure custody or detention in South Australia between 1995 and 2012 according to the level of exposure to the child protection system in an Australian jurisdiction. Five groups of young offenders were compared: (a) no known child protection notifications or substantiated experience of abuse and/or neglect, (b) notifications only, (c) substantiated notifications, (d) notifications or substantiations and subsequent placement in out-of-home care (OHC), and (e) placement in OHC only. The results indicate that young people who have a history of child protection system involvement have significantly greater and more complex needs than those who have no child protection experience. It is concluded that different service responses may be required to meet the diverse needs of these groups of young people under youth justice supervision.

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Emigration of Children

A History of Scottish Child Protection Law ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474444170.003.0012 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 312-335

Author(s):

Kenneth McK. Norrie

Keyword(s):

Child Protection ◽

Regulatory Mechanisms ◽

The Political ◽

Vulnerable Children ◽

Statutory Authority ◽

In Loco Parentis ◽

Legal Legitimacy ◽

History Of ◽

Legal Foundations ◽

Voluntary Organisations

This chapter explores the shameful history of voluntary organisations and indeed the state exporting the problem of child protection by emigrating vulnerable children to the colonies. Many believed this would give the children a fresh start in a new life, but the lack of any regulatory mechanisms to prevent these children from being abused and exploited counters any good intent, for abuse and exploitation proved to be ubiquitous. The political objectives seldom had the interests of individual children in mind, and were more concerned first with removing a problem from Scotland, and latterly with building white stock in underpopulated parts of the British Empire. The chapter attempts to identify the – very shakey – legal foundations of the practice in the 19th century, including parental consent and actings in loco parentis, before analysing the various statutory provisions from 1891 onwards that gave it some (legal) legitimacy. Statutory authority was removed only in 1997

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Editorial

Children Australia ◽

10.1017/cha.2014.11 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 57-59

Author(s):

Rachael Sanders ◽

Jennifer Lehmann

Keyword(s):

Child Protection ◽

Protection System ◽

Family Preservation ◽

Court System ◽

Inclusive Practice ◽

History Of ◽

John Berger ◽

Ongoing Support ◽

Successes And Failures

We would like to begin this Editorial by expressing our thanks and appreciation to Frank Ainsworth for his many years of dedication and ongoing support for Children Australia. Frank has a long and esteemed history of providing counsel to families, practitioners, organisations and the court system on issues relating to child protection in NSW and beyond. Frank is well known for his cross-examination of the child protection system, its successes and failures; and is always keen to voice his opinion for change and improvement. He is an advocate of family inclusive practice and believes the child protection system should be working towards keeping children in their homes as much as possible. Together with John Berger, who also has a longstanding association with the child and family sector in Australia and is currently the CEO of St Barts in Perth, Frank has brought together a number of contributors to this themed issue, which examines issues of family inclusive practice, family preservation and areas for improvement to the broader child protection system.

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