公共治理的范例——英国儿童保护制度对我国的启示

A Public Governance Sample: An Enlightenmentof British Child Protection System to China

1889年英国议会通过了第一部防止虐待和保护儿童法,即《儿童宪章》,将虐待儿童作为一种犯罪来处置,从而实现对儿童虐待者进行干预和指导的目的,该法案是儿童保护制度建立的重要里程碑。从1889年至2013年,经过100多年的调整和改革,至今英国已经建立起比较完善的儿童保护制度。英国儿童保护制度赖以存在和发展的法律保障,说明英国儿童保护制度具有多元治理和协同发展的特征,它成为世界各国儿童社会保护制度的典范,对于指导我国当前儿童保护工作具有重要意义。

The first act of preventing child abuse,passed in 1889,which regarded child abuse as a crime to realize the purpose of the intervention and guidance to child abusers,was an important milestone in the child protection system.From 1889 to 2013,through 100 years of adjustment and reform,the relatively perfect system of child protection has been established.This paper,starting from the background of child protect system,expounds the legal basis on which the system relies for existence and development,then explain the characteristic of diversified management of this system.As the act has become a model for children s social protection system in all countries of the world,it is of great significance to guide China s current child protection work.