Children's rights and child protection : critical times, critical issues in Ireland / edited by Deborah Lynch and Kenneth Burns.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Politics, democracy and protecting children / K. Burns & D. Lynch -- Child outcasts: The Ryan Report into industrial and reformatory schools / F. Powell et al... -- Children's rights in child protection: identifying the bottom line in critical times / U. Kilkelly -- It is a long way from Kilkenny to here: reflections on legal and policy developments before and since the publication of the Kilkenny Incest Investigation / C. McGuinness -- Safeguarding children in the Catholic Church in critical times: some reflections on the Irish experience / I. Elliott -- White children first? whiteness, child protection policies and the politics of race / A. Christie -- Making new connections: the development of a differential response to child protection and welfare / M. Yalloway et al... -- Social work and the media in Ireland: a journalist's perspective / C. O'Brien -- Two countries, one border: the challenges and opportunities for protecting children on an all island basis - a critical turning point / J. Devaney & C. Reid -- Why child protection is so difficult / H. Ferguson -- "Walking a tightrope": exploring uncertainties in the initial assessment of suspected non-accidental head injury to an infant in statutory child protection and welfare / P. Kelleher & D. Lynch -- Putting research evidence to work in child and family social work / H. Buckley & S. Whelan -- Young people exiting homelessness: the role of family support / P. Mayock et al... -- Aftercare not afterthought: supporting the transition to adulthood for children in care / A. Doyle et al... -- Moving beyond "case management": social workers perspectives on professional supervision in child protection and welfare / K. Burns.