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_aNazari, Hamed _912826 |
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_aProblematizing child maltreatment : _blearning from New Zealand's policies _cHamed Nazari, James C. Oleson and Irene De Haan |
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_bMDPI, _c2024 |
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| 500 | _aSocial Sciences, 2024, 13(4): 193 | ||
| 520 | _aSince all policies address problems, they necessarily include implicit or explicit constructions of these problems. This paper explores how child maltreatment has been constructed in New Zealand’s child protection policies. It questions the underlying assumptions of this problem construction and seeks to shed light on what has been omitted. Utilizing a qualitative content analysis of eight key policy documents, this study reveals the construction of child maltreatment has been dominated primarily by a child-centric, risk-focused approach. This approach assigns blame and shifts responsibilities onto parents and families. In addition, the vulnerability discourse and social investment approach underpinning this perspective have allowed important structural factors, such as poverty and inequality, to remain unaddressed. This paper also highlights the one-dimensional focus on the lower social class to control future liabilities. We suggest that the harm inflicted by corporations on children’s well-being is another form of child exploitation currently omitted from the problem construction. We suggest that child abuse should be defined and understood in policy as harm to children’s well-being and argue that the state should prevent and mitigate harm by addressing structural forces of the problem as well as protecting children against corporate harms. (Authors' abstract). Record #8617 | ||
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_aCHILD ABUSE _9103 |
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_aECONOMIC CONDITIONS _9214 |
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_aGOVERNMENT POLICY _9275 |
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_aPOVERTY _9453 |
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_aSOCIAL POLICY _9551 |
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_aNEW ZEALAND _92588 |
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_aOleson, James C. _912827 |
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_aDe Haan, Irene _93712 |
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| 773 | 0 | _tSocial Sciences, 2024, 13(4): 193 | |
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_aSocial Sciences _96421 |
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_uhttps://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13040193 _zDOI: 10.3390/socsci13040193 (Open access) |
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_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews126 |
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