Table of Contents

Special Issue: International aspects of child abuse and neglect

Edited by Howard Dubowitz and Joav Merrick

Editorial

Child protection around the world: Similarities and differences, advances and challenges
Howard Dubowitz

Review Articles

Child protection in Pakistan
Tufail Muhammad

Child protection in Brazil: Challenges and opportunities
Victoria G. Lidchi, Daisy Veiga and Evelyn Eisenstein

Child protection in France
Gaby Taub

Child maltreatment in Argentina
Irene Intebi

Child protection systems in Turkey
Figen Sahin and Ufuk Beyazova

A snap-shot of child protection systems in Australia
Richard Roylance

Child protection in the Philippines
Bernadette J. Madrid

Child maltreatment in Russia
Tatiana N. Balachova, Barbara L. Bonner and Irina A. Alexeeva

Child protection in Lebanon. Society and strategy: More than one?
Bernard Gerbaka

From protected object to lawful subject. Practical applications of the Belgian model of child protection
Peter Adriaenssens

Child welfare in the USA: In theory and practice
Howard Dubowitz and Diane DePanfilis

Child protection in Israel
Rachel Szabo-Lael and Tamar Zemach-Marom

Child protection in South Africa
Joan van Niekerk

Protecting children from abuse and neglect in England
Jenny Gray

Child protection: Scenario in India
Sibnath Deb

Child protection system in Hong Kong
Patricia LS Ip

An overview of the child welfare systems in Canada
Pamela Gough, Aron Shlonsky and Peter Dudding

Child welfare in Egypt: Introducing a new, rights-based approach to protect children
Ambassador Moushira Khattab

Child protection in Norway: Challenges and opportunities
Elisabeth Backe-Hansen and Tine K. Jensen