Citation

Katzenstein H, Schönecker L. Prax. Kinderpsychol. Kinderpsychiatr. 2009; 58(10): 798-813.

Vernacular Title

Das Zusammenspiel der einzelnen Instrumente im Orchester des Kinderschutzes und

Affiliation

Deutsches Institut für Jugendhilfe und Familienrecht (DIJuF), Heidelberg. katzenstein@dijuf.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Verlag Fur Medizinische Psychologie)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20158168

Abstract

The following essay outlines the legal foundations of child protection in Germany. It can be shown that constitutional law postulates a balance between parents responsibility on the one hand and public assignment to safeguard children on the other hand. The article focuses on the impact of legislative provisions on practitioners working together to safeguard children. Discussion of the demands of successful cooperation in the field of child protection shows that the political debate focuses somewhat to much on questions of control. It is argued that prospective development of child protection law should rather be based on a thorough debate of the demands in the respective professional domains.

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