In the current study, several assessments for attachment disorder symptoms are used within a German sample of foster children after being exposed to neglect and maltreatment in their biological families.

In this paper, the authors examine if and how care order proceedings could be improved in England, Finland, Norway, and California, USA, asking the judiciary decision‐makers about their views on what should be improved.

In an explorative manner, the current study investigates variables that influence psychological evaluators’ recommendations in child protection cases.

The aim of this study is to examine whether youth in foster care receive services according to need, by using a multi-informant design.

This research investigated the prevalence of looked-after and adopted young people within a case file review of 185 young people referred to a UK gender identity development service over a 2-year period (1 April 2009 to 1 April 2011).

Focused on the UK, this chapter considers the relevance of human rights in relation to children who are deprived of their liberty by the state on ‘welfare’ grounds for their own or others’ protection.

This chapter provides an overview of the German child protection system.

This chapter presents an analysis of the child protection system in England today.

This chapter identifies and examines the field of power inherent in the child protection system which works to constrain and enable children’s participation in child protection interventions.

This chapter aims at providing an overview on legislation, organizational structure and processes of child protection in Switzerland.