Do good intentions result in good child protection policy?
A review of child protection policies that address intimate partner violence has been shortlisted for a prestigious North American prize. Leslie Tutty (top) and Christine Walsh The article, written by the Faculty of Social Work’s Leslie Tutty, Christine Walsh, doctoral candidate Kendra Nixon and MSW alumna Jill Weaver-Dunlop, has been selected as a finalist in the Pro Humanitate awards from the North American Resource Centre for Child Welfare. The review, Do Good Intentions Beget Good Policy? A Review of Child Protection Policies to Address Intimate Partner Violence, examines how child exposure to intimate partner violence is incorporated within child protective legislation and policies in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. “Given the high rates of intimate partner violence in Alberta, intervention to protect victims and children exposed to this form of family violence is critical, as is the need to understand the ways in which child protection po
