Child Welfare in the Legal Setting : a Critical and Interpretive Perspective.

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Explore legal issues that often hinder the work of child welfare practitioners! Child Welfare in the Legal Setting: A Critical and Interpretive Perspective is a revolutionary study of the child welfare system that is essential for practitioners, educators, and students interested in public child wel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Brien, Thomas M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Temas:
Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Social work with children > Law and legislation > United States.
Child welfare workers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Child welfare workers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc.
Social work with children > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beginnings
  • The institutional context of child welfare
  • Governance, legitimacy, and trust
  • Multiple dimensions of child welfare governance
  • The organizational context of practice
  • The legal system as host setting : context and history
  • Images and realities of the legal system : metaphor, myths, and stereotypes
  • The courts
  • The concentric systems view of child welfare
  • The rationalization of child welfare intervention
  • Life in narrative and drama : meaning, self, and identity
  • Social intervention as ritualized action
  • Ethics, values, and integrity
  • Conclusion.

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