Prof. Dr. Magdalena Szafranek, sociologist and lawyer, works at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warszaw. Her research interests include child and family support in the local environment and changes in civil society. She is a member of the Management Board of the Family Judges Association of Poland and of the General Committee of the International Association of Family and Juvenile Court Judges and magistrates. She is editor-in-chief of the polish scientific journal “Dziecko Krzywdzone”-Teoria, badania, praktyka (Child Abuse Theory, Research and Practice), which is published by the Dajemy Dziecion Site Foundation.