Children's Rights in the United States: In Search of a National Policy - Paperback
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Chapters
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Children are Persons or are They? An Introduction to the Issues
Trends in Supreme Court Decisions regarding Children's Rights
U.S. Policy on Children's Rights: Does it Exist?
Thesis and Purpose of This Book
Chapter 2: From Property to Personhood: A Historical and Contextual Perspective on the Rights of Children
Worldwide Status of Children Today
Views toward Children's Rights
Chapter 3: Getting it Right: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Elements of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
How Does the U.N. Convention Relate to U.S. Law?
Current Status of the U.N. Convention in the United States
Chapter 4: Differing Views: Perspectives on Children's Rights and Competencies
Perspectives on Children's Rights
Conceptual Distinctions among Rights to Protection, Self-Determination, and Entitlement
Measurement of Attitudes toward Children's Rights
Development of Competence in Decision Making
Balancing the Rights of Children
Part II: A Patchwork of Policies
Chapter 5: There's No Place like Home: The Rights of Children within the Family
The Conflict between Parents' Rights and Children's Rights
Children's Rights in Custody Decisions
The Right to Sue: Children's Self-Determination within the Family
Grandparents' Rights
Recommendations regarding the Rights of Children within the Family
Chapter 6: When Parents are Not Enough: The Rights of Children in the Social Service System
Role of the State in Protecting Children's Rights within the Family
When Parents Cannot Adequately Provide for Their Children
When Parents Harm Their Own Children
When Children are Relinquished by Their Parents
Recommendations regarding the Rights of Children in the Social Service System
Chapter 7: Being Patient with Patients: The Rights of Children in the Health Care System
Why Children's Voices Typically are Not Heard
The Competing Rights of Parents, Children, and the State
Children's Rights in Medical Care
Children's Competence to Participate in Medical Decision Making
Children's Rights in Mental Health Care
Recommendations regarding the Rights of Children in the Health Care System
Chapter 8: Lessons Learned: The Rights of Children in the Educational System
The Purpose of Education
Why is Education Important?
What Constitutes an Education?
Do Children Have a Right to Be Educated?
Do Children Have a Right Not to Be Educated?
Children's Rights regarding Specific Educational Issues
Children's Capacity to Make Decisions regarding Their Educational Rights
Recommendations regarding the Rights of Children in the Educational System
Chapter 9: On Guilt and Gault: The Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System
The Child is a Person before the ConstitutionAlmost
The Juvenile Court after Gerald Gault
The Transfer to Adult Court
Juvenile Crime and the Death Penalty
Children as Legal Witnesses
Recommendations regarding the Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System
