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How fair are child care procedures? Lessons from Cleveland and beyond
Author(s) -
FREEMAN M.D.A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1988.tb00337.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , local authority , child care , social work , law , political science , sociology , public administration , nursing , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering
SUMMARY. Even before the Cleveland ‘crisis’ there was concern that care proceedings and child care practices ignored ‘due process’. In particular they were seen as being balanced too heavily in favour of the local authority In this article, the author argues that events in Cleveland were only an extreme example of the short‐comings of current law and social work and judicial practice. He compares what happened in Cleveland with other, less dramatic, cases elsewhere in the country to show the need for major changes concerning place of safety orders, access arrangements and the ability of parents to challenge local authorities