Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation
Child abuse and exploitation pose significant threats to the health and well-being of children. While the Taiwanese government introduced the Protection of Children and Youth Welfare and Rights Act in 2011 to address these issues, progress has been slow. This paper aims to examine the evolution of...
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Child abuse and exploitation pose significant threats to the health and well-being of children. While the Taiwanese government
introduced the Protection of Children and Youth Welfare and Rights Act in 2011 to address these issues, progress has been slow. This paper aims to examine the evolution of Taiwan’s child protection system (CPS), with a particular focus on interdepartmental collaboration. Through the collection of legislation, statistics, conference proceedings, and reports, this study analyzes the working model between law enforcement and public health. Three cases of collaboration between law enforcement and public health at the community level are presented: social safety net programs, early intervention for child abuse, and trauma-informed training for first responders. The accomplishments and challenges of each project are discussed, along with a review of the CPS in relation to the United Nations (UN) strategy INSPIRE’s approaches. Although Taiwan has shown a commendable emphasis on prevention and family support, the collaboration between law enforcement and public health is still in its early stages. The next crucial step is to strengthen integration in the early stages of identifying, assessing, and referring cases of child abuse and neglect. This can be achieved by generating more evidence on effective working models and promoting their implementation.
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| spelling | doaj.art-190bd047d9c84042b6ae540fb7640fb52023-12-18T13:52:10ZengSG PublishingJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being2371-42982023-12-018410.35502/jcswb.334Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformationLanying Huang0Yi-Fen Lu1Yi-Chun Yu2Chuen-Jim Sheu3Graduate School of Criminology, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.Department of Criminal Justice, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.Department of Criminal Justice, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.Department of Criminal Justice, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Child abuse and exploitation pose significant threats to the health and well-being of children. While the Taiwanese government introduced the Protection of Children and Youth Welfare and Rights Act in 2011 to address these issues, progress has been slow. This paper aims to examine the evolution of Taiwan’s child protection system (CPS), with a particular focus on interdepartmental collaboration. Through the collection of legislation, statistics, conference proceedings, and reports, this study analyzes the working model between law enforcement and public health. Three cases of collaboration between law enforcement and public health at the community level are presented: social safety net programs, early intervention for child abuse, and trauma-informed training for first responders. The accomplishments and challenges of each project are discussed, along with a review of the CPS in relation to the United Nations (UN) strategy INSPIRE’s approaches. Although Taiwan has shown a commendable emphasis on prevention and family support, the collaboration between law enforcement and public health is still in its early stages. The next crucial step is to strengthen integration in the early stages of identifying, assessing, and referring cases of child abuse and neglect. This can be achieved by generating more evidence on effective working models and promoting their implementation. http://www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/article/view/334child abusepreventionfamily supportlaw enforcementpublic healthsocial safety net |
| spellingShingle | Lanying Huang Yi-Fen Lu Yi-Chun Yu Chuen-Jim Sheu Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being child abuse prevention family support law enforcement public health social safety net |
| title | Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation |
| title_full | Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation |
| title_fullStr | Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation |
| title_short | Collaborating to safeguard children in Taiwan: Systemic transformation |
| title_sort | collaborating to safeguard children in taiwan systemic transformation |
| topic | child abuse prevention family support law enforcement public health social safety net |
| url | http://www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/article/view/334 |
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