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Introduction: child protection practice
Knocking on the door of history: the emergence of child protection practice
Child abuse and the development (and decline) of intimate child protection practice
Streets, housing estates, doorsteps: getting to the child
The home visit: houses and the struggle to protect the abused child
The reverberations of home visiting: going into the depths to protect children
Hospitals, office interviews and the emotional complexity of practice
Working with children in child protection
The importance of touch in child protection
Working with fathers
Working with mothers
Culturally sensitive child protection practice
Multi-agency working
Good authority and working with hostile and deceptive adults and overcoming resistance
Spaces for reflection 1: the car in child protection
Spaces for reflection 2: supervision and organisational practices that promote good child protection
Conclusion: intimate child protection practice.
Child protection practice by Harry Ferguson. ISBN 9780230242838. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.