Communities’ Lockdown and the Challenge of Keeping Children Safe: What Have We Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Carmit Katz*, Noa Cohen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a worldwide health and socio-economic crisis (Thompson and Rasmussen 2020), and various UNICEF (2020a, b) reports published throughout the pandemic highlight the dangers communities face due to COVID-19. The pandemic and its accompanying social isolation alongside the shutdown of schools and other community services might have severe effects on communities worldwide. Specifically, the efforts to limit the spread of the virus, mainly through lockdowns and social distancing, might have acted as barriers to the community’s ability to support families and protect children from maltreatment (Nay 2020). Using COVID-19 as a case study, the current chapter investigates the ways in which global crises might affect communities and their roles in child protection.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChild Maltreatment
Subtitle of host publicationContemporary Issues in Research and Policy
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages155-171
Number of pages17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameChild Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy
Volume15
ISSN (Print)2211-9701
ISSN (Electronic)2211-971X

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