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Is the Criminalisation of Child Harm and Injury in the Interests of Children?

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Published
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1997
<mark>Journal</mark>Children and Society
Issue number2
Volume11
Number of pages10
Pages (from-to)97-107
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The impetus to prosecute in cases of child harm and injury has increased considerably over recent years with earlier involvement of the police in child protection and incremental legal reform which aims for more child-centred practices. Research on the implementation of the Memorandum of Good Practice is presented to propose that the prosecution of child abuse is neither achieved nor achievable in the majority of cases and that the assumption on which the criminalisation of child abuse is based should be challenged.