Child Advocacy category: 107 books
Crimes against Children
Sexual Violence and Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
In the first half of the twentieth century, Americans' intense concern with sex crimes against children led to a wave of public discussion, legislative action, and criminal prosecution. Stephen Robertson provides the first large-scale, long-term study of how American criminal courts dealt with the...
Child vs. State
Children and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
"First Published in 2002, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."
Children Taken Seriously
In Theory, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
In Children Taken Seriously, leading researchers and policy makers consider how children can be recognized as social actors rather than passive consumers or victims. Using children's own views and experiences as a starting point, they explore how children can be involved as partners in the decision-making...
Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma, Volume 2
Medical Mimics Pocket Atlas
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
184 pages, 60 images, 21 contributors This pocket-sized reference serves as a valuable reference for medical and legal investigations of possible cases of abusive head trauma to ensure that no possibility is ignored and that children receive appropriate care for their specific circumstance. In cases...
Hidden Heads of Households
Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
In the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy—in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.). Why children migrate to...
by CORY B. HARRIS
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
The clear and easy communicator master articulator is back for a second book, this time the focus is the safety and security of us all. In this book Cory B. Harris tackles some serious issues that pose a threat to someone every day. With a nearly 20 year track record of public service Cory Harris...
Failure to Flourish
How Law Undermines Family Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Exploring the connection between families and inequality, Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships argues that the legal regulation of families stands fundamentally at odds with the needs of families. Strong, stable, positive relationships are essential for both individuals and...
Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 2e, Volume 2
Evaluation of Children and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
344 pages, 253 images, 26 contributors This second volume focuses on the particular needs of sexual assault survivors in various age groups, including chapters on child sexual abuse and sexual violence against adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Readers will enjoy the benefit of specially tailored...
From the Global to the Local
How International Rights Reach Bangladesh's Children
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
From the Global to the Local develops a unique perspective on human rights governance in developing countries, where the state often lacks the required resources, capacities and expertise for implementing rights. Considering how rights that have been agreed upon in the global arena of world politics...
Children's Rights
Today's Global Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
This accessible and authoritative book provides the first systematic overview of the global children’s rights movement. It introduces both beginners and experts to child and youth rights in all their theoretical, historical, cultural, political, and practical complexity. In the process, the book...
Reimagining Equality
A New Deal for Children of Color
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Magazine
A comprehensive examination of developmental inequality among children
Developmental equality–whether every child has an equal opportunity to reach their fullest potential–is essential for children’s future growth and access...
by Katherine Covell, R. Brian Howe, J.C. Blokhuis
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
More than a quarter of a century has passed since Canada promised to recognize and respect the rights of children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ratification of the Convention cannot, however, guarantee that everyone will abandon proprietary notions about children,...
Giving Up Baby
Safe Haven Laws, Motherhood, and Reproductive Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
“Baby safe haven” laws, which allow a parent to relinquish a
newborn baby legally and anonymously at a specified institutional location—such
as a hospital or fire station—were established in every state between 1999 and
2009. Promoted during a time of heated public debate over policies on...
A Cruel Arithmetic
Inside the Case Against Polygamy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
For thirty years, lawyers, pundits, professors, and politicians had said that section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canadathe criminal prohibition of polygamywas unconstitutional, a Victorian anachronism that, in a modern rights-based democracy, deserved to be swept aside in the name of individual liberty...