Legal Liability and Accountability for Child-care Decisions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10895187 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Guthrie (Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 403-422 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011347 |
| OpenAlex | W2146599556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Although decisions taken by social workers in cases of suspected child abuse and in looking after children in their care may be the subject of public enquiries and press comment, they will not in general incur any legal liability to compensate children who claim to have suffered as a result of these decisions. This article examines the reasons why such liability is excluded by the courts, as well as looking briefly at other mechanisms for challenging social workers'decisions. It is argued that the grounds for excluding liability are speculative and that introducing liability to this area might encourage good practice
Accountability · Actuarial science · Business · Economics · Law and economics · Legal liability · Liability · Political science · Strict liability · Subject (documents) · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2005 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |