Contextual Safeguarding and Child Protection: Rewriting the Rules - Paperback

by Carlene Firmin (Author)

This book offers a complete account of Contextual Safeguarding theory, policy and practice frameworks for the first time. It highlights the particular challenge of extra-familial routes through which young people experience significant harm.

Author Biography

Carlene Firmin MBE is a Principal Research Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire, where she leads their Contextual Safeguarding programme. Carlene has researched young people's experiences of community and group-based violence since 2005, advocating for comprehensive approaches that keep young people safe in public places, schools, and peer groups.