New Scottish documents

Scottish Government (2010). National Guidance for child Protection in Scotland. These new guidelines provide a framework for practitioners and agencies working to safeguard children. These replace the guidelines published in 1998, Protecting Children - a shared responsibility.
MacLeod, P. & Page, L. (2010). 2009/10 Scottish crime and justice survey: partner abuse. Scottish Government. This information in this report was collected as part of the general Scottish Crime and Justice Survey.
Laing, K. & Wilson, G. (2010). Understanding child contact cases in Scottish Sherriff Courts. Scottish Government. This research commissioned by the Scottish Government, examines the court's role in contested contact cases, the characteristics of  parents and their reasons for undertaking court action and whether the views children in such cases are considered by the courts and parents involved.

New E-publications

Action For Children (2010). Deprivation and risk: the case for early intervention. In three sections: policy analysis, life stories and a summary of effective practice in tackling child deprivation.
Statham, J. & Smith, M. (2010). Issues in earlier intervention: identifying and supporting children with additional needs. Department for Children, Schools and Families. Focuses on two broad types of need: the risk of abuse or neglect and the risk of emotional/behavioural/mental health difficulties.
Walker, J. et al. (2010). Relationships matter: understanding the needs of adults (particularily parents) regarding relationship support. Department for Children, Schools and Families. A qualitative study designed to inform policy formulated to support relationships between parents, in order to minimise the risks, for children, associated with parental separation.
Department for Children, Schools and Families. (2010). Building a safe and confident future: implementing the recommendations of the Social Work Task Force. A joint policy implementation plan from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Department of Health and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in partnership with the Social Work Reform Board.
DCSF Violence Agains Women and Girls Advisory Group. (2010). Advisory Group final report and recommendations. this group was set up to advise ministers on how schools can help to tackle the issue of violence against women and girls.
May, T. et al. (2010). Differential treatment in the youth justice system. Equality and Human Rights Commission. Examines the inequlity of treatment of different ethnic groups by the youth justice system.

Teenage relationship abuse

The GB Home Office is launching a national campaign to tackle abuse within teenage relationships, with a new website with information and resources for teenagers, parents and professionals.

New E-documents on the web

Who's child now? Fifteen years of working to prevent the sexual exploitation of children in the UK. Barnardo's (2009).
UK Manifesto for Children. Unicef (2009).
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: priorities for action. Department for Children, Schools and Families (2009).
Working together achieving more: a joint commitment to take action in response to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations. Department for Children, Schools and Families (2009).
Keeping children out of harmful institutions: why we should be investing in family based care. Save the Children (2009).
Together we can end violence against women and girls: a strategy. Home Office (2009).
Improving safety, reducing harm: children, young people and domestic violence: a practical toolkit for frontline practitioners. Department of Health. (2009).
Conceptualising the prevention of sexual assault and the role of education. Carmody, M. (2009). Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault.

Partner exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships

The NSPCC and University of Bristol have published the first major British  study of the incidence and impact of violence in teenage intimate relationships. The report found that such violence has to be regarded as a significant issue in child welfare, with girls reporting far more frequent incidences of violence than boys, and that these had a greater negtive impact. Younger girls (13-15) were just as likely to experience violence as young women age 16+ and few reported the violence to an adult.