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54 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 239 (1992-1993)
Child Protection Legal Process: Comparing the United States and Great Britain

handle is hein.journals/upitt54 and id is 249 raw text is: CHILD PROTECTION LEGAL PROCESS: COMPARING THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN Donald N. Duquette* Table of Contents I. Introduction ...................................... 240 II. Modern History of Child Protection Laws ............ 242 III. Cultural Context .................................. 247 A. Common Ground: Quest to Protect Children from Harm and Provide for their Basic Needs ......... 247 B. Home Health Visitors ......................... 248 C. Mandatory Reporting ......................... 249 D. Structure of Child Protective Services ........... 251 E. Mediating Structures: Area Child Protection Com- mittees, Child Protection Conferences and Child Abuse Registries ............................. 252 IV. Court System .................................... 255 A. United States ................................ 255 B. England and W ales ........................... 255 1. M agistrates' Court ....................... 255 2. County Court ........................... 257 3. High Court ............................. 258 4. Crown Court ............................ 259 5. A ppeals ................................ 259 C . Scotland .................................... 260 1. G enerally ............................... 260 2. Children's Hearing ....................... 260 3. Sheriff Court ............................ 262 4. Overlapping Court Jurisdiction ............. 263 5. A ppeals ................................ 263 V. Legal Roles and Actors ............................ 263 A. Legal Representation of the Child Protection A gency ..................................... 263 * Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Child Advocacy Law Clinic, University of Michigan Law School.

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