New labour's new electronic 'telephone directory': The Children Act 2004 and plans for databases on all children in England and Wales

Social Work and Social Sciences Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-21

  Garrett, Paul Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Civil liberties; Concerns; Risk; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644525041     PISSN: 09535225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1921/17466105.12.1.5     Document Type: Article

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