This study provides novel data suggesting that steam cleaning was effective at reducing ESKAPE organisms on smooth surfaces and may offer an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical disinfectants.

ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice. Drawing upon an analysis of the ways in which the deaths of two children, Victoria Climbié and Peter Connelly, became child protection scandals in England, we examine the gap between notions of accountability as an ideal, …

Abstract Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse involves regulations that legally require the reporting of suspected cases of child abuse to state authorities. In this study, we examine the debate surrounding the planned introduction of MR for child sexual abuse (CSA) in England. The research explores the discourses shaping the MR debate employing a qualitative, grounded theory approach that incorporates policy document analysis and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. The findings address four …

Research on inequalities in children’s services in the UK highlights a lack of systematic data on parental demographics, obstructing analysis of structural factors influencing children’s outcomes. Using Growing Up in Scotland, a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study of children born in 2004-05, we investigate social inequalities in social work contact for children living with parental domestic violence and abuse (working sample n:3216). Using logit models, we examine associations between self-r…

Abstract Part of the complexity of responding to child maltreatment lies within the intersection of the child welfare and criminal justice systems. Drawing upon learning from two separate research studies in the United Kingdom, we identify several key considerations for the introduction of the Barnahus model into a new context. We argue that the Barnahus model may positively disrupt how we conceive of the role and interaction of the child welfare and criminal justice systems. Such a disruption will involve moving …