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Contemporary Developments in Child Protection Contemporary Developments in Child Protection Volume 3: Broadening Challenges in Child Protection Edited by Nigel Parton Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Social Sciences www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci Nigel Parton (Ed.) Contemporary Developments in Child Protection Volume 3 Broadening Challenges in Child Protection This book is a reprint of the special issue that appeared in the online open access journal Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760) in 2014 (available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/child_protection). Guest Editor Nigel Parton University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH UK Editorial Office MDPI AG Klybeckstrasse 64 Basel, Switzerland Publisher Shu-Kun Lin Editorial Manager Alistair Freeland 1. Edition 2015 MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan ISBN 978-3-03842-086-6 (PDF) Volume 1 - 3 ISBN 978-3-03842-087-3 (PDF) Volume 1 ISBN 978-3-03842-088-0 (PDF) Volume 2 ISBN 978-3-03842-089-7 (PDF) Volume 3 © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. All articles in this volume are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. However, the dissemination and distribution of copies of this book as a whole is restricted to MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. III Table of Contents List of Contributors ............................................................................................................... V About the Guest Editor ........................................................................................................VII Preface ................................................................................................................................. IX Gerald Cradock Who Owns Child Abuse? Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(4), 854-870 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/4/854 .............................................................................. 1 Celia H. Brackenridge and Daniel Rhind Child Protection in Sport: Reflections on Thirty Years of Science and Activism Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(3), 326-340 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/3/326 ............................................................................ 18 Mike Hartill and Melanie Lang “I Know People Think I’m a Complete Pain in the Neck”: An Examination of the Introduction of Child Protection and “Safeguarding” in English Sport from the Perspective of National Governing Body Safeguarding Lead Officers Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(4), 606-627 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/4/606 ............................................................................ 34 Gretchen Kerr, Ashley Stirling and Ellen MacPherson A Critical Examination of Child Protection Initiatives in Sport Contexts Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(4), 742-757 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/4/742 ............................................................................ 56 Raphaël Fournier, Thibault Cholez, Matthieu Latapy, Isabelle Chrisment, Clémence Magnien, Olivier Festor and Ivan Daniloff Pedophile Activity in Different P2P Systems Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(3), 314-325 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/3/314 ............................................................................ 72 Helen C. Whittle, Catherine E. Hamilton-Giachritsis and Anthony R. Beech “Under His Spell”: Victims’ Perspectives of Being Groomed Online Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(3), 404-426 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/3/404 ............................................................................ 84 IV William Budiselik, Frances Crawford and Donna Chung The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Dreaming of Child Safe Organisations? Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(3), 565-583 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/3/565 .......................................................................... 108 Kathleen Coulborn Faller Forty Years of Forensic Interviewing of Children Suspected of Sexual Abuse, 1974–2014: Historical Benchmarks Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2015, 4(1), 34-65 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/4/1/34 ............................................................................ 128 Amy Risley Protecting Children and Adolescents in Uruguay: Civil Society’s Role in Policy Reform Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(4), 705-725 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/4/705 .......................................................................... 161 Julia Sloth-Nielsen Regional Frameworks for Safeguarding Children: The Role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2014, 3(4), 948-961 http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/3/4/948 .......................................................................... 181 V List of Contributors Anthony R. Beech: School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Celia H. Brackenridge: Centre for Sport, Health and Well-being, Heinz Wolff Building, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK William Budiselik: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Western Australia 6102, Australia Thibault Cholez: LORIA/INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, 615 Rue du Jardin Botanique, 54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France Isabelle Chrisment: LORIA/INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, 615 Rue du Jardin Botanique, 54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France Donna Chung: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Western Australia 6102, Australia Kathleen Coulborn Faller: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1080 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106, USA Gerald Cradock: Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada Frances Crawford: School of Health, University of New England, New South Wales 2351, Australia Ivan Daniloff: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7606, LIP6, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7606, LIP6, F-75005 Paris, France Olivier Festor: LORIA/INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, 615 Rue du Jardin Botanique, 54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France Raphaël Fournier: TI/Institut Galilée, Université Paris-Nord, 99 avenue JB Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France Catherine E. Hamilton-Giachritsis: School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Mike Hartill: Department of Sport & Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK Gretchen Kerr: Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, M5S 2W6, Canada Melanie Lang: Department of Sport & Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK Matthieu Latapy: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7606, LIP6, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7606, LIP6, F-75005 Paris, France Ellen MacPherson: Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, M5S 2W6, Canada Clémence Magnien: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7606, LIP6, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 7606, LIP6, F-75005 Paris, France VI Daniel Rhind: Centre for Sport, Health and Well-being, Heinz Wolff Building, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK Amy Risley: Department of International Studies, Rhodes College, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690, USA Julia Sloth-Nielsen: Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Western Cape 7535, South Africa; Department of Child Law, University of Leiden, Leiden 2311, The Netherlands; African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ashley Stirling: Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, M5S 2W6, Canada Helen C. Whittle: Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, London SW1V 2WG, UK; School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK VII About the Guest Editor Nigel Parton is Professor in Applied Childhood Studies at the University of Huddersfield, England where he has worked for most of the last forty years. A social worker by background he has written and edited over twenty books and a hundred articles and chapters on the broad areas of child protection, child welfare and social work and in recent years has developed a particular interest in studying and comparing child protection policies and systems in different jurisdictions. Recent books include 'Child Protection: International Trends and Orientations' (edited with N Gilbert and M Skivenes. New York:Oxford University Press, 2011) and 'The Politics of Child Protection: Contemporary Developments and Future Directions' (Basingstoke; Palgrave/Macmillan, 2014). IX Preface Developments in Child Protection: Foreword(s) for Three Book Volumes The last forty years has witnessed increasing public, political and media concern about the problem of child maltreatment and what to do about it. This is now evident in most jurisdictions and is receiving serious attention from many international and trans-national organisations. While the ‘(re)discovery’ of the problem in the USA was particularly associated with the ‘battered baby syndrome’ this has now broadened to include: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, abuse on the internet, child trafficking, female genital mutilation, sexual exploitation
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