Comparative Research and Critical Child Protection Studies

Bibliographic Data

ID5936284
AuthorsNigel Parton (0000-0002-0317-7237, University of Huddersfield, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume11
Issue4
Pages156
Publication date2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci11040156
OpenAlexW4225352290
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited39

This article argues that two interrelated factors have played important roles in the emergence of academic analyses of child protection policies and practices: the evidence of growing strains and crises in child protection systems over the last forty years; and the development of comparative research on different systems. The latter has demonstrated that child protection policies and practices vary between different countries such that the differences could not be explained by differences in the nature of child maltreatment in the different societies-other political, social, and cultural factors were at play. This paper outlines the nature of these key developments and the conceptual frameworks which have emerged to explain the differences. A significant positive outcome is that such conceptual frameworks can be drawn upon for furthering our analyses of different policies, practices and systems and their possible reform and improvement

Child protection · Comparative research · Conceptual framework · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law