Brigid Daniel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brigid Daniel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brigid |
| FAMILY NAME | Daniel |
| SIGNATURE | DANIEL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8065-1097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 272 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Objectivity
This study interrogates the growing tendency to assume the impossibility of journalistic objectivity. Specifically, it sieves through the controversies and articulates the way forward. The study adopts a Discourse Analysis approach and anchors its contentions on the Correspondence and Coherence theories. The analysis concludes that journalistic objectivity is distinctively a news function. And that it is not only desirable but possible and realis…
Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK
Comparative international data on patterns of inequality in child welfare interventions, for example, the proportion of children about whom there are substantiated child protection concerns or who are in out-of-home care, are far less developed than data about inequalities in health. Few countries collect reliable, comprehensive information and definitions, methods of data collection and analysis are rarely consistent. The four UK countries (Engl…
Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect
Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a series of questions for policy, practice, and practitioners. Children and families in poverty are significantly more likely to be the subject of state intervention. This article, based on a unique mixed‐methods study of social work interventions and the influence of poverty, highlights a narrative from practitioners that argues that, as many poor famil…
Trends in Child Protection Across the UK
Although numerous international studies point to large variations in child welfare interventions, comparative analysis has tended to focus either solely on England or the UK as a whole, discounting differences across the four UK countries. This paper compares trends in national statistics relating to the operation of child protection systems across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland between 2004/05 and 2013/14. Despite a number of legi…
Inequalities in English child protection practice under austerity
The role that area deprivation, family poverty, and austerity policies play in the demand for and supply of children's services has been a contested issue in England in recent years. These relationships have begun to be explored through the concept of inequalities in child welfare, in parallel to the established fields of inequalities in education and health. This article focuses on the relationship between economic inequality and out‐of‐home car…
Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services
Risk and Decision Making in Adult Support and Protection Practice
This paper describes a study that was undertaken against the backdrop of the introduction of the 2007 Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act. This collaborative and participatory research project used Forum Theatre as a method for gathering the views of disabled people about risk and decision making. The aim was to provide information for practitioners about the issues they should take into account when making decisions about risk. Forty-two…
The experience of being protected
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to discuss how adult support and protection (ASP) work might support or further damage an adult's strengths, skills and sense of self. There is a particular focus on adults who require some support with decision‐making. Design/methodology/approach Forum theatre and other creative techniques were used to discuss ASP with 42 people who access support. A range of advice for practitioners was generated, a portion o…
Gender and Child Welfare in Society
Noticing and helping the neglected child
This systematic review examined the evidence on the extent to which practitioners are equipped to recognize and respond to the indications that a child's needs are likely to be, or are being neglected. This paper examines the methodological issues arising from the review. A systematic process of progressive filtering yielded 112 papers representing primary studies that inform the international research agenda for child neglect. A final dataset of…
Re-Thinking Harm and Abuse
The scope of protection from harm and abuse is rapidly expanding, and practice frameworks have tended to transfer and adapt child protection procedures for the protection of other groups. However there has been little in-depth analysis of the theoretical perspectives that underlie interventions within particular fields and almost nothing across areas such as significant harm to children, elder abuse and domestic violence. Scant attention has been…
Recognition of neglect and early response
This paper summarizes the key findings from a systematic literature review that sought to identify existing evidence about the ways in which the needs of neglected children and their parents are signalled and the response to those needs. Using systematic review guidelines, 14 databases were searched for primary research studies published in English from 1995 to 2005. An initial 20 480 items were systematically filtered down to 63 papers for inclu…
Introduction
At any time any person faces a possibility of suffering harm from another, and the broad criminal justice framework aims to provide a general level of protection from such harms to the whole population. However, possibilities of abuse, exploitation or neglect are conceptualised as more likely for certain people. These include those in intimate partner relationships, or those whose level of dependency on others is greater as a result of life stage…
Abuse and Protection Issues across the Lifespan
The literature is reviewed: (a) comparing models of abuse and protection applied at each stage of the lifespan; and (b) exploring abuse and protection issues with respect to individuals over time. A paucity of comparative and lifespan work in the field of abuse and protection is reported. Within the available literature, different types of knowledge are drawn upon and contrasted definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘protection’ employed. Accordingly, the m…
Concepts of Adversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience
This paper explores the concepts of adversity, risk, vulnerability and resilience in the context of child protection systems with the aim of contributing to the debate about the ways in which risk of ‘harm’ and ‘abuse’ are conceptualised at different stages of the lifespan and in relation to different groups of people. The recent developments in the policy and legislative framework for state intervention on behalf of children in the UK are descri…
It's just like another home, just another family, so it's nae different’ Children's voices in kinship care
However, most research has tended to focus on the role of kinship carers. A significant gap has been direct studies into the views and experiences of children and young people living with relatives or friends. This paper seeks to address this by drawing on the findings from a small‐scale qualitative collaborative research project with 12 children and young people living in informal and formal kinship care in the Northeast of Scotland. The literat…
Gender and child neglect
Neglect can lead to significantly poor outcomes for children in the short and long term. Definitions of neglect and research reflect underlying theoretical assumptions about gender roles. Research into professional practice with child abuse and neglect suggests that practice too is also highly gendered with a focus on mothers. Policies with regard to child protection in general, and child neglect in particular, do not address gender issues in an …
An overview of the Scottish multidisciplinary child protection review
Following the murder of a young child by her stepfather a ministerial review of child protection across Scotland was established. It was carried out by a multidisciplinary team of representatives from education, health‐nursing, health‐medical, police, social work and the Reporter to the Children's Hearing. The review comprised a number of subprojects and included a direct audit of the practice of all the key agencies. The views of the general pub…
Engaging with Fathers
Assessment practice in cases of child neglect
Effective intervention depends on good, comprehensive assessment. Nowhere is good assessment more important than in planning purposeful intervention in cases of child neglect. Dundee University Social Work Department and three Scottish Social Work Departments worked in collaboration to examine current assessment practice with cases of neglect and to develop formal, flexible tools for the assessment of both risk and need for such cases. Thirty cas…
Engaging With Fathers
Avoiding jargon, each chapter within this text contains summaries of the main points, examples of research, exercises, key issues to consider and suggestions for further reading.
Beliefs in child care
This paper describes the results of a study that explored social worker's beliefs and opinions about 'good enough' parenting and about decision-making in child care and protection. Subjects were qualified social workers from throughout Scotland who were students on post-qualifying courses. Q sorts were used to gather data about significant clusters of opinion. Subjects were asked to rank statements that covered issues of parenting environments, c…
Beliefs in child care
This paper describes the results of a study that explored social worker's beliefs and opinions about ‘good enough’ parenting and about decision‐making in child care and protection. Subjects were qualified social workers from throughout Scotland who were students on post‐qualifying courses. Q sorts were used to gather data about significant clusters of opinion. Subjects were asked to rank statements that covered issues of parenting environments, c…
It's Just Common Sense isn't it?’
Planning for accommodated children may often be built around ensuring a secure home. However, it is also important to attend to other domains in children's lives. The promotion of the long-term emotional well-being of children has to be based on information about the factors associated with better outcomes. The findings from research into factors related to resilience in children provide many useful pointers for such practice. Brigid Daniel, Sall…
Inequalities in English child protection practice under austerity
The role that area deprivation, family poverty, and austerity policies play in the demand for and supply of children's services has been a contested issue in England in recent years. These relationships have begun to be explored through the concept of inequalities in child welfare, in parallel to the established fields of inequalities in education and health. This article focuses on the relationship between economic inequality and out‐of‐home car…
Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a series of questions for policy, practice, and practitioners. Children and families in poverty are significantly more likely to be the subject of state intervention. This article, based on a unique mixed‐methods study of social work interventions and the influence of poverty, highlights a narrative from practitioners that argues that, as many poor famil…
Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services
Concepts of Adversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience
This paper explores the concepts of adversity, risk, vulnerability and resilience in the context of child protection systems with the aim of contributing to the debate about the ways in which risk of ‘harm’ and ‘abuse’ are conceptualised at different stages of the lifespan and in relation to different groups of people. The recent developments in the policy and legislative framework for state intervention on behalf of children in the UK are descri…
It's just like another home, just another family, so it's nae different’ Children's voices in kinship care
However, most research has tended to focus on the role of kinship carers. A significant gap has been direct studies into the views and experiences of children and young people living with relatives or friends. This paper seeks to address this by drawing on the findings from a small‐scale qualitative collaborative research project with 12 children and young people living in informal and formal kinship care in the Northeast of Scotland. The literat…
Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect
Engaging With Fathers
Avoiding jargon, each chapter within this text contains summaries of the main points, examples of research, exercises, key issues to consider and suggestions for further reading.
Trends in Child Protection Across the UK
Although numerous international studies point to large variations in child welfare interventions, comparative analysis has tended to focus either solely on England or the UK as a whole, discounting differences across the four UK countries. This paper compares trends in national statistics relating to the operation of child protection systems across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland between 2004/05 and 2013/14. Despite a number of legi…
Abuse and Protection Issues across the Lifespan
The literature is reviewed: (a) comparing models of abuse and protection applied at each stage of the lifespan; and (b) exploring abuse and protection issues with respect to individuals over time. A paucity of comparative and lifespan work in the field of abuse and protection is reported. Within the available literature, different types of knowledge are drawn upon and contrasted definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘protection’ employed. Accordingly, the m…
Gender and child neglect
Neglect can lead to significantly poor outcomes for children in the short and long term. Definitions of neglect and research reflect underlying theoretical assumptions about gender roles. Research into professional practice with child abuse and neglect suggests that practice too is also highly gendered with a focus on mothers. Policies with regard to child protection in general, and child neglect in particular, do not address gender issues in an …
Re-Thinking Harm and Abuse
The scope of protection from harm and abuse is rapidly expanding, and practice frameworks have tended to transfer and adapt child protection procedures for the protection of other groups. However there has been little in-depth analysis of the theoretical perspectives that underlie interventions within particular fields and almost nothing across areas such as significant harm to children, elder abuse and domestic violence. Scant attention has been…
The experience of being protected
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to discuss how adult support and protection (ASP) work might support or further damage an adult's strengths, skills and sense of self. There is a particular focus on adults who require some support with decision‐making. Design/methodology/approach Forum theatre and other creative techniques were used to discuss ASP with 42 people who access support. A range of advice for practitioners was generated, a portion o…
It's Just Common Sense isn't it?’
Planning for accommodated children may often be built around ensuring a secure home. However, it is also important to attend to other domains in children's lives. The promotion of the long-term emotional well-being of children has to be based on information about the factors associated with better outcomes. The findings from research into factors related to resilience in children provide many useful pointers for such practice. Brigid Daniel, Sall…
Noticing and helping the neglected child
This systematic review examined the evidence on the extent to which practitioners are equipped to recognize and respond to the indications that a child's needs are likely to be, or are being neglected. This paper examines the methodological issues arising from the review. A systematic process of progressive filtering yielded 112 papers representing primary studies that inform the international research agenda for child neglect. A final dataset of…
An overview of the Scottish multidisciplinary child protection review
Following the murder of a young child by her stepfather a ministerial review of child protection across Scotland was established. It was carried out by a multidisciplinary team of representatives from education, health‐nursing, health‐medical, police, social work and the Reporter to the Children's Hearing. The review comprised a number of subprojects and included a direct audit of the practice of all the key agencies. The views of the general pub…
Introduction
At any time any person faces a possibility of suffering harm from another, and the broad criminal justice framework aims to provide a general level of protection from such harms to the whole population. However, possibilities of abuse, exploitation or neglect are conceptualised as more likely for certain people. These include those in intimate partner relationships, or those whose level of dependency on others is greater as a result of life stage…
Risk and Decision Making in Adult Support and Protection Practice
This paper describes a study that was undertaken against the backdrop of the introduction of the 2007 Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act. This collaborative and participatory research project used Forum Theatre as a method for gathering the views of disabled people about risk and decision making. The aim was to provide information for practitioners about the issues they should take into account when making decisions about risk. Forty-two…
Assessment practice in cases of child neglect
Effective intervention depends on good, comprehensive assessment. Nowhere is good assessment more important than in planning purposeful intervention in cases of child neglect. Dundee University Social Work Department and three Scottish Social Work Departments worked in collaboration to examine current assessment practice with cases of neglect and to develop formal, flexible tools for the assessment of both risk and need for such cases. Thirty cas…
Critical understandings of child development
This paper explores the dilemmas involved in selecting appropriate theoretical and research material to help social workers in practice. Concentrating on the needs of those working in child care and protection, the paper uses the example of the area of child development knowledge to illustrate a process of presenting theory for practice. Specifically, the focus is on the redevelopment of a child development module for a post‐qualifying certificat…
Beliefs in child care
This paper describes the results of a study that explored social worker's beliefs and opinions about 'good enough' parenting and about decision-making in child care and protection. Subjects were qualified social workers from throughout Scotland who were students on post-qualifying courses. Q sorts were used to gather data about significant clusters of opinion. Subjects were asked to rank statements that covered issues of parenting environments, c…
Beliefs in child care
This paper describes the results of a study that explored social worker's beliefs and opinions about ‘good enough’ parenting and about decision‐making in child care and protection. Subjects were qualified social workers from throughout Scotland who were students on post‐qualifying courses. Q sorts were used to gather data about significant clusters of opinion. Subjects were asked to rank statements that covered issues of parenting environments, c…
It's Just Common Sense isn't it?’
Planning for accommodated children may often be built around ensuring a secure home. However, it is also important to attend to other domains in children's lives. The promotion of the long-term emotional well-being of children has to be based on information about the factors associated with better outcomes. The findings from research into factors related to resilience in children provide many useful pointers for such practice. Brigid Daniel, Sall…
Assessment practice in cases of child neglect
Effective intervention depends on good, comprehensive assessment. Nowhere is good assessment more important than in planning purposeful intervention in cases of child neglect. Dundee University Social Work Department and three Scottish Social Work Departments worked in collaboration to examine current assessment practice with cases of neglect and to develop formal, flexible tools for the assessment of both risk and need for such cases. Thirty cas…
Engaging With Fathers
Avoiding jargon, each chapter within this text contains summaries of the main points, examples of research, exercises, key issues to consider and suggestions for further reading.
Engaging with Fathers
An overview of the Scottish multidisciplinary child protection review
Following the murder of a young child by her stepfather a ministerial review of child protection across Scotland was established. It was carried out by a multidisciplinary team of representatives from education, health‐nursing, health‐medical, police, social work and the Reporter to the Children's Hearing. The review comprised a number of subprojects and included a direct audit of the practice of all the key agencies. The views of the general pub…
Gender and child neglect
Neglect can lead to significantly poor outcomes for children in the short and long term. Definitions of neglect and research reflect underlying theoretical assumptions about gender roles. Research into professional practice with child abuse and neglect suggests that practice too is also highly gendered with a focus on mothers. Policies with regard to child protection in general, and child neglect in particular, do not address gender issues in an …
Recognition of neglect and early response
This paper summarizes the key findings from a systematic literature review that sought to identify existing evidence about the ways in which the needs of neglected children and their parents are signalled and the response to those needs. Using systematic review guidelines, 14 databases were searched for primary research studies published in English from 1995 to 2005. An initial 20 480 items were systematically filtered down to 63 papers for inclu…
Introduction
At any time any person faces a possibility of suffering harm from another, and the broad criminal justice framework aims to provide a general level of protection from such harms to the whole population. However, possibilities of abuse, exploitation or neglect are conceptualised as more likely for certain people. These include those in intimate partner relationships, or those whose level of dependency on others is greater as a result of life stage…
Abuse and Protection Issues across the Lifespan
The literature is reviewed: (a) comparing models of abuse and protection applied at each stage of the lifespan; and (b) exploring abuse and protection issues with respect to individuals over time. A paucity of comparative and lifespan work in the field of abuse and protection is reported. Within the available literature, different types of knowledge are drawn upon and contrasted definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘protection’ employed. Accordingly, the m…
Concepts of Adversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience
This paper explores the concepts of adversity, risk, vulnerability and resilience in the context of child protection systems with the aim of contributing to the debate about the ways in which risk of ‘harm’ and ‘abuse’ are conceptualised at different stages of the lifespan and in relation to different groups of people. The recent developments in the policy and legislative framework for state intervention on behalf of children in the UK are descri…
It's just like another home, just another family, so it's nae different’ Children's voices in kinship care
However, most research has tended to focus on the role of kinship carers. A significant gap has been direct studies into the views and experiences of children and young people living with relatives or friends. This paper seeks to address this by drawing on the findings from a small‐scale qualitative collaborative research project with 12 children and young people living in informal and formal kinship care in the Northeast of Scotland. The literat…
Noticing and helping the neglected child
This systematic review examined the evidence on the extent to which practitioners are equipped to recognize and respond to the indications that a child's needs are likely to be, or are being neglected. This paper examines the methodological issues arising from the review. A systematic process of progressive filtering yielded 112 papers representing primary studies that inform the international research agenda for child neglect. A final dataset of…
Re-Thinking Harm and Abuse
The scope of protection from harm and abuse is rapidly expanding, and practice frameworks have tended to transfer and adapt child protection procedures for the protection of other groups. However there has been little in-depth analysis of the theoretical perspectives that underlie interventions within particular fields and almost nothing across areas such as significant harm to children, elder abuse and domestic violence. Scant attention has been…
Gender and Child Welfare in Society
The experience of being protected
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to discuss how adult support and protection (ASP) work might support or further damage an adult's strengths, skills and sense of self. There is a particular focus on adults who require some support with decision‐making. Design/methodology/approach Forum theatre and other creative techniques were used to discuss ASP with 42 people who access support. A range of advice for practitioners was generated, a portion o…
Risk and Decision Making in Adult Support and Protection Practice
This paper describes a study that was undertaken against the backdrop of the introduction of the 2007 Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act. This collaborative and participatory research project used Forum Theatre as a method for gathering the views of disabled people about risk and decision making. The aim was to provide information for practitioners about the issues they should take into account when making decisions about risk. Forty-two…
Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services
Inequalities in English child protection practice under austerity
The role that area deprivation, family poverty, and austerity policies play in the demand for and supply of children's services has been a contested issue in England in recent years. These relationships have begun to be explored through the concept of inequalities in child welfare, in parallel to the established fields of inequalities in education and health. This article focuses on the relationship between economic inequality and out‐of‐home car…
Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a series of questions for policy, practice, and practitioners. Children and families in poverty are significantly more likely to be the subject of state intervention. This article, based on a unique mixed‐methods study of social work interventions and the influence of poverty, highlights a narrative from practitioners that argues that, as many poor famil…
Trends in Child Protection Across the UK
Although numerous international studies point to large variations in child welfare interventions, comparative analysis has tended to focus either solely on England or the UK as a whole, discounting differences across the four UK countries. This paper compares trends in national statistics relating to the operation of child protection systems across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland between 2004/05 and 2013/14. Despite a number of legi…
Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect
Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK
Comparative international data on patterns of inequality in child welfare interventions, for example, the proportion of children about whom there are substantiated child protection concerns or who are in out-of-home care, are far less developed than data about inequalities in health. Few countries collect reliable, comprehensive information and definitions, methods of data collection and analysis are rarely consistent. The four UK countries (Engl…
Psychology (21 works) · Political science (18 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (14 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Law (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works)