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Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family WelfareInternational Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems\nAuthor(s): Nancy Freymond, Gary Cameron\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802093714, 978-0802093714\nSynopsis\nThe need for services that respond to the maltreatment of children and to the struggles of families is at the core of social service systems in all developed nations. While these child and family welfare systems confront similar problems and incorporate common elements, there are substantial differences in philosophy, organization, and operation across international settings and models.\n\nIn this new collection of essays, Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron have brought together some of the finest international minds to provide an original and integrated discussion of child protection, family service, and community caring models of child and family wel.