Over 30 years ago, the United Nations developed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), heralding the importance of protecting children from a range of human rights violations. Among these are the right to be free from abuse and neglect at the hands of parents or other caregivers, and the responsibility of states to devise a protective response. How nations conceptualize harm and even how they define childhood varies markedly across the globe. This Handbook describes and analyzes the ways in which 50 countries from every continent, except Antarctica, have devised measures for child protection emphasized in the UNCRC. The Handbook discusses the legislative responses, public administrative systems, and the social service networks that governments have put in place to secure the protection of children against maltreatment and exploitation. Synthesizing data from across the world, the authors suggest a global typology of child protection systems for understanding the diversity of service responses. The typology consists of five ideal types that have as their emphasis protection against an array of risks to childhood and that represent the focal point for government intervention in the lives of families. They include child exploitation protective systems, child deprivation protective systems, child maltreatment protective systems, child well-being protective systems, and child rights protective systems. The Handbook is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and policymakers attempting to craft thoughtful state responses to children's needs

Table of Contents1 Child Protection Systems Across the WorldJill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert and Marit SkivenesSection I - Institutionalized2 Child Protection in Australia and New Zealand: An Overview of SystemsJudith Cashmore and Nicola Taylor3 The Austrian Child Welfare System: Moving Towards Professionalization and ParticipationKatrin Kriz, Jenny Krutzinna and Peter Pantucek-Eisenbacher4 Child Protection in Belgium: An Overview of the SystemsJohan Vanderfaeillie, Erik Van Dooren and Jessica Segers5 Child Welfare in CanadaNico Trocm?, Melanie Doucet, Barbara Fallon, Jennifer Nutton, and Tonino Esposito6 The Child Protection Systems in Denmark and NorwayAnne-Dorthe Hestb?k, Marit Skivenes, Asgeir Falch-Eriksen, Idamarie Leth Svendsen and Elisabeth Backe-Hansen7 Child Welfare and Child Protection Services in EnglandJune Thoburn8 Child Protection in Finland and SwedenIngrid H?jer and Tarja P?s?9 Child Protection and Welfare in FranceFlora Bolter10 Child Protection and Welfare in GermanyKay Biesel and Heinz Kindler11 Child Protection and Welfare on the Island of Ireland: Irish Issues, Global RelevanceKenneth Burns, John Devaney, Stephanie Holt and Gerry Marshall12 Child Protection in IsraelDaphna Gross-Manos, Eran Melkman and Aya Almog-Zaken13 Child Protection in Mediterranean Countries: Italy and GreeceTeresa Bertotti, Roberta T. Di Rosa, Charis Asimopoulos14 A New Era for Child Protection in JapanShoko Tokunaga, Mitsuru Fukui, Misa Saigo and Saki Nagano15 The Child Protection System in the Netherlands: Characteristics, Trends, and EvidenceErik J. Knorth, Helen Bouma, Hans Grietens and M?nica L?pez L?pez16 The Development of the Korean Child Protection System: Cultural Influences, Unique Challenges, and Policy StrategiesYiyoon Chung and TJ Lah17 Child Protection Systems in SpainSagrario Segado18 Child Protection and Children's Services in SwitzerlandStefan Schnurr19 Child Protection in the United StatesJennifer Lawson and Jill Duerr BerrickSection II - Emerging20 The Chilean Child Protection SystemCarolina Mu?oz-Guzman, Miguel Cillero Bru?ol, Mariana Bernasconi21 Czech Child Protection after 1989: Between Socialist Legacy and the European Call for Democratic LegitimacyVictoria Shmidt22 Child Protection Systems in Estonia and LatviaMerle Linno and Judit Str?mpl23 Child Protection in LithuaniaIlona Tamutiene, Dalija Snieskiene24 Child Protection in PolandVioletta Tanas25 Child Protection in PortugalJorge Ferreira26 Child Protection System in the Slovak RepublicKvasn?kov? Lenka, Balogov? Be?ta27 Child Protection in South AfricaJulia Sloth-Nielsen28 Child Protection System in UruguayMar?a del Luj?n Gonz?lez Tornar?a and Delfina MillerSection III - Nascent29 Building the Child Protection System in ArgentinaCarla Villata and Valeria Lobet30 Child Protection Systems in BrazilDiene Monique Carlos, Ailton de Souza Arag?o, Eliana Mendes de Souza Teixeira Roque, Lygie Maria Pereira da Silva31 Child Protection Policy and Service in ChinaFang Zhao and Yanfeng Xu32 Colombian Child Protection SystemMar?a Cristina Torrado P. and Ernesto Duran Strauch33 Ecuador: Child Protection SystemsVer?nica Jim?nez Borja, Micaela Jim?nez Borja, and Teresa Borja ?lvarez34 Child Protection in EgyptHmoud S. Olimat and Amal A. ElGama35 Child Protection Systems in GhanaMavis Dako-Gyeke, Abigail Adubea Mills, and Doris Akyere Boateng36 Child Protection System in India: An OverviewSanjai Bhatt and Subhashree Sanyal37 The Social Construction and Development of an Integrated Child Protection System: In Search of Core Templates in a Diversified and Decentralized IndonesiaErna Dinata38 Child Protection in IranMarzieh Takaffoli, Meroe Vameghi, Maliheh Arshi, Leila Ostadhashemi39 Child Protection in LebanonHoda Rizk40 Children at Risk in Mexico: Issues, Policies, and InterventionsMartha Fr?as Armenta41 Child Protection System in NigeriaChimezie Elekwachi42 Protecting Children in the Philippines: A System Focused Overview of Policy and PracticeSteven Roche and Florence Flores-Pasos43 Reforming Russia's Child Protection System: From Residential to Family CareMeri Kulmala, Maija J?ppinen and Zhanna Chernova44 Child Protection Systems in UgandaDeogratias Yiga45 Making Child Protection Systems Work for Children: Lessons from ZimbabweMildred T. MushunjeConclusion46 Child Protection Systems: A Global TypologyJill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert and Marit Skivenes