Children in Need

Children in need in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of children in need.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• children in need in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• children in need in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Children in Need

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Children in Need : Those children designated by the Children Act 1989 as being in need of special support and provision by the *local authority. They include disabled children and children who are unlikely to maintain a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision of these special services.