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Blinded by Science: The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience

David Wastell and Susan White

Print publication date: 2017

Print ISBN-13: 9781447322337

Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: September 2017

DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781447322337.001.0001

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The cat is out of the bag: from early intervention to child protection

The cat is out of the bag: from early intervention to child protection

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(p.111) Five The cat is out of the bag: from early intervention to child protection
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Blinded by Science
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David Wastell

Sue White

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Policy Press
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447322337.003.0005

This chapter examines how ideas about early intervention and damage to the infant brain are making their way into child protection practice. It uses evidence from policy reports and government initiatives to illustrate how the notions of harm and ‘good enough’ parenting are changing.

Keywords:   child protection, moral debate, risk, professional practice, neuroscience, evidence, family justice

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