Children''s participation in child protection has become a burgeoning field of interest for scholars and practitioners in the field of social work, and yet there is no edited volume that weaves together recent international contributions on the topic. This volume fills that gap, beginning with the assumption that children can and should have agency in decisions that affect their lives. Child protection is understood as protection from violence in the family and fromviolence in wider society. Children and youth may encounter public child protection systems in several instances: during child protection investigations, when children receive support services, during decisions about children''s removals from home, and when children are in foster, kin, or residentialcare. Children may experience systemic violence as a lack of personal and economic security, a lack of access to education, and other factors.This book features pathways to children and young people''s collective participation in
