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White, S., Fook, J. and Gardiner, F. (eds) (2006) Critical Reflection in Health and Social Care, Maidenhead: Open University Press

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Social Work and Drug Use

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Broadhurst, K., Grover, C. & Jamieson, J. (eds.) (2009) Safeguarding Children: Critical Perspectives Wiley-Blackwells, London

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Taylor, C. (2006) Young People in Care and Criminal Behaviour, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Grover, C. (2011) The Social Fund 20 Years On, Ashgate Publishing

 

Refereed Journal Papers

Broadhurst, K & Holt, K.E. (in press, 2009) Partnership and the limits of procedure: prospects for relationships between parents and professionals under the new Public Law Outline , Child and Family Social Work.

Broadhurst, K ., Wastell, D., White., S., Hall., C., Peckover., S., Thompson., K., Pithouse, A. and Dolores, D. (2009, Jan 19.) Performing Initial Assessment: Identifying the latent conditions for error in local authority children's services. British Journal of Social Work , available on line from 19. Jan 2009 Advance Access.

Broadhurst, K . (2007) Parental help-seeking and the moral order. Notes for policy makers and parenting practitioners on 'the first port of call' and 'no one to turn to' Sociological Research Online , vol 12(6)

Broadhurst, K. Mason, C and Grover, C. (2007) Sure Start evaluation and the 're-authorisation' of Section 47 child protection practices, Critical Social Policy , 27: 443-461

Broadhurst, K. & Pendleton, T. (2007) Revisiting children 'home on trial' in the context of current concerns about the costs and effectiveness of the Looked After Children system: Findings from an exploratory study. Child and Family Social Work Vol. 12 (4) pp380-389.

Broadhurst, Karen E. and May-Chahal, Corinne A. and Paton, Helen (2005) Children missing from school systems: exploring divergent patterns of disengagement in the narrative accounts of parents, carers, children and young people. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 26 (1). pp.105-119. ISSN 1465-3346 (electronic) 0142-5692 (paper)

May-Chahal, Corinne A. and Mason, Claire (2007) Making enquiries under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989. In: The child protection handbook : the practitioner's guide to safeguarding children. Balliere Tindall, Edinburgh, pp.232-245. ISBN 9780702028298 (pbk.) 0702028290 (pbk.)

May-Chahal, Corinne A. (2006) Gender and child maltreatment: the evidence base. Social Work and Society: The International Online-only Journal, 4 (1). ISSN 16138953

May-Chahal, Corinne and Cawson, P. (2005) Measuring child maltreatment in the United Kingdom: A study of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 29 (9). 943. ISSN 0145-2134

Peckover, Sue and White, Sue J. and Hall, Christopher (2008) Making and managing electronic children : e-assessment in child welfare. Information, Communication and Society, 11 (3). pp.375-394. ISSN 1468-4462 (electronic) 1369-118X (paper)

Peckover, Sue and Hall, Christopher and White, Sue J. (2008) From Policy to Practice: The Implementation and Negotiation of Technologies in Everyday Child Welfare. Children and Society . ISSN 0951-0605

Penna, S . (2005) 'The Children Act: Child Protection and Social Surveillance', in Jnl of Social Welfare and Family Law , 26, (2):143-157

Penna, Sue and Kirby, Stuart (2009) Children and the 'new biopolitics of control': identification, identity and social order. Youth Justice. An International Journal, 9 (2). (In Press)

Taylor, C. (2004) 'Underpinning knowledge for child care practice: reconsidering child development theory', Child and Family Social Work, 9: 225-235.

White, Sue J. and Hall, Christopher and Peckover, Sue (2008) The Descriptive Tyranny of the Common Assessment Framework: Technologies of Categorization and Professional Practice in Child Welfare. British Journal of Social Work . ISSN Online ISSN 1468-263X - Print ISSN 0045-3102

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