Errors and mistakes in child protection– an unspoken issue in Italy?

The book addresses an important but little researched or written about topic: the progress of discourses, approaches and strategies in response to errors and mistakes in child protection across different countries. It shows how capitalistic welfare states with different child protec-tion orientations deal with the issue of errors and mistakes. It presents an overview of the various historical and contemporary developments identified in the different countries and attempt to identify where there are similarities and differences, including what be identified as current and future best practice. It highlights which strategies are seen as helpful in reducing (serious) consequences of errors and mistakes and in promoting quality in child protection. It is the first book providing knowledge of how modern countries in Europe and the United States deal with the issue of errors and mistakes in child protection in a cross-national per-spective