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Statistical Issues in Child Protection
16 March 2010, 2:00-6.00pm, at the Royal Statistical Society
Public debate about child protection – placing children perceived to be
vulnerable on a register or taking them into care – is repeatedly reinforced
by cases that suggest that the existing systems are not working well. This
debate is not, however, as well-informed as it might be if quantitative
evidence and statistical issues were further to the fore. The purpose of
this meeting is to discuss, from a range of perspectives, the available
evidence and its implications for the important decisions that have to be
taken about children’s futures.
Speakers:
2.00 – 2.40 Neil Jackson (Head of Edinburgh Office, UK Statistics
Authority) and Iain Bradley (Department for Children, Schools & Families).
Review of statistics in the area of Child Protection.
2.40 – 3.20 Charlie Owen and June Statham (Thomas Coram Research Unit,
Institute of Education). Black and Minority Ethnic group children on child
protection registers.
3.20 – 3.40 Refreshments
3.40 – 4.20 Lorraine Radford (NSPCC). Methodological issues on measuring the
prevalence of child maltreatment.
4.20 – 5.00 Lawrence Sherman (Institute of Criminology Cambridge). Applying
risk modelling to child protection.
5.00 – 5.30 Discussion: Harriet Ward (Director, Centre for Child and Family
Research,
Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University) and Jane Tunstill
(Director, Implementation Evaluation Module, National Evaluation of Sure
Start, Royal Holloway, University of London).
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