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Children's Rights in the United States
In Search of a National Policy
- Nancy E. Walker - Creighton University, USA
- Catherine M. Brooks - Creighton University, USA
- Lawrence S. Wrightsman - University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Other Titles in:
Children, Adolescents and Interpersonal Violence (General)
Children, Adolescents and Interpersonal Violence (General)
October 1998 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The authors of this volume provide discussion on vital issues related to the rights of children in the United States, including: the historical and contextual perspective on the rights of children; the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; the differing views on children's rights and competencies; and the rights of children within the family, the social service system, the health care system, the educational system, the juvenile justice system and in employment.
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Children Are Persons... Or Are They? An Introduction to the Issues
From Property to Personhood
Getting It Right
Differing Views
PART TWO: A PATCHWORK OF POLICIES
There's No Place Like Home
When Parents Are Not Enough
Being Patient with Patients
Lessons Learned
On Guilt and Gault
Working It Out
Concluding Comments
