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Investing in Children - Policy, Law and Practice in Practice (Paperback, New)
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Investing in Children - Policy, Law and Practice in Practice (Paperback, New)
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This book brings together insights from a range of disciplines,
including law, sociology, criminology and history, to identify and
explain the complex and inter-related factors which help or hinder
the state to 'invest' in children and young people. The first part
of the book examines the 'intangibles' - the ideologies, social
constructions and moral precepts - which obstruct or encourage the
passage and full implementation of legislation, policy and practice
which hopes to improve the lives and prospects of children and
young people. Notions of family and parental responsibility,
assumptions about what children and young people 'are' and the
extent to which they should be held accountable, and ideas around
state investment against future risks are the key factors
considered. The second part of the book focuses on the difficulties
in practice of implementing policies aimed at investing in
children's lives and futures. It reviews the role of science in the
identification of risk factors related to poor outcomes for
children and in the selection of target groups or areas for
risk-based intervention to provide (early) support and preventative
programmes for children and their families. It also assesses
whether and how law does or could help to 'deliver' an appropriate
investment of time and money in children, with a focus on the
existence and effectiveness of a rights-based approach. The final
chapters examine the results of research so far undertaken done on
selected programmes in the Every Child Matters, social inclusion
and Youth Justice Board policy agendas and they indentify promising
developments. However, they also draw attention to the alternative
agendas around children and young people which are competing for
government money and the public's support and warn that there are
dangers in a child-focused policy whose justification relies so
heavily on future cost savings stemming from the production of
healthier, more employable and law-abiding adults.
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