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Protecting Children in Time: Child Abuse, Child Protection and the Consequences of Modernity

Book Description
Protecting Children in Time provides a highly original analysis of the origins and development of the taken-for-granted notion that it is possible through social intervention to protect children from avoidable harm and even death. By using case studies which span the past 120 years of "modern" practices and drawing on the work of leading social theorists of modernity and risk society it provides a... More
Book Information
PublisherPalgrave MacMillan Ltd
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages288
ISBN-101403906920
ISBN-13978-1403906922
Publication Date09/18/2004
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About Harry Ferguson (Author) : Harry Ferguson is a published author. Published credits of Harry Ferguson include Protecting Children in Time: Child Abuse, Child Protection and the Consequences of Modernity.
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