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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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