Janice McGhee
University of Edinburgh
27 Papers
191 Citations
Janice McGhee is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child protection & Social work. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 27 publications.
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Papers
Social work with children and families
Lorraine Waterhouse,Janice McGhee +1 more
- 01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: The need for sound child-care decision-making and effective inter-agency and interdisciplinary collaboration, and for the child's best interests to have paramountcy at all times is highlighted in this article.
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Maltreatment or violence-related injury in children and adolescents admitted to the NHS: comparison of trends in England and Scotland between 2005 and 2011
Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo,Mario Cortina-Borja,Jenny Woodman,Jacqueline Mok,Janice McGhee,Julie Taylor,Chloe Parkin,Ruth Gilbert +7 more
TL;DR: Diverging trends in England and Scotland may reflect true changes in the occurrence of MVR injury or differences in the way services recognise and respond to these children, record such injuries or a combination of these factors.
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Children's hearings in Scotland: compulsion and disadvantage
TL;DR: The majority of children formally processed in the children's hearings system were found to come from less well off families, often facing multiple adversities as discussed by the authors, and children subject to compulsory measures of supervision were especially likely to have backgrounds characterized by factors associated with social disadvantage.
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Challenging child protection : new directions in safeguarding children
Lorraine Waterhouse,Janice McGhee +1 more
- 13 Jul 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a series of challenges to examine preconceptions about childhood and harm to children, including the following: Examining Preconceptions About Childhood and Harm to Children, and Reviewing the Evidence, and Challenge Three: How to Work with Children and Families.
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Practitioner–mother relationships and the processes that bind them
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical contribution to conceptualizing practitioner-mother relationships in child protection social work is made, which suggests an inter-subjective dimension where mothers are in effect asked to give an account of themselves.