Acknowledgements -- Introduction€ -- Media Responses€ -- Family, Community and Violence€ -- Political Responses and Inquiries€ -- The Demise of Probation and Social Service Practice€ -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
The Baby Peter and Dano Sonnex incidents were high profile cases in which two key public services, namely child protection and probation, both failed in their tasks of protection of the victims and the public. In this book the author graphically describes media and political reactions and then proceeds to analyze the common problems both social work and probation practice face under conditions of economic recession and drastic reductions in funding
