Despite pronounced reductions in child mortality in industrialised countries, variations exist
within and between countries. Many child deaths are preventable, and much could be done …

In the past century, child mortality has fallen to very low rates in all developed countries.
However, rates between and within countries vary widely, and factors can be identified that …

From Every Child Matters and the Munro Review, to changing shifts in thinking from
Coalition government; the child protection system has seen dramatic political and policy …

A serious case review (SCR) is a local enquiry carried out where a child has died or been
seriously harmed and abuse or neglect are known or suspected, and there is cause for …

Now in its fourth edition, this is the classic assessment of the state of child well-being in the
United Kingdom. This edition has been updated to review the latest evidence, examining the …

The common image of children as vulnerable and needing protection has been destabilized
over the past decades. The ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of …

We review how research over the past decade both supports existing knowledge about the
risk factors that children in the UK affected by parental substance misuse face, and adds to …

Safeguarding Children Across Services brings together the latest evidence on safeguarding
children from abuse and neglect. Providing an overview of 15 research projects, it …

Burnout has been disproportionally reported in child protection social work. This paper
presents data from 162 child protection staff in Northern Ireland, assessed for burnout using …

Learning from serious case reviews (local enquiries into the death or serious injury of a child
where abuse or neglect are known or suspected) is acknowledged to be important. This is …