Catching a Case : Inequality and Fear in New York City's Child Welfare System /

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Based on extensive research into the child welfare system in New York City, Catching a Case reveals that, in the face of draconian budget cuts and a political climate that blames the poor for their own poverty, child welfare practices have become punitive, focused on removing children from their fam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Tina, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social service.
Low-income parents.
Family services.
Discrimination.
Child welfare.
Child abuse.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Services aux familles > New York (État) > New York.
Service social > New York (État) > New York.
Parents à faible revenu > New York (État) > New York.
Enfants > Violence envers > New York (État) > New York.
Discrimination > New York (State) > New York.
Family services > New York (State) > New York.
Social service > New York (State) > New York.
Low-income parents > New York (State) > New York.
Child abuse > New York (State) > New York.
Child welfare > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A history of child welfare in New York City
  • The life of a child welfare case
  • Fear and a system in crisis
  • Policing versus helping child welfare
  • Defining neglect and risk assessment in practice
  • Power in child welfare: compliance and rights
  • Re-creating stratified reproduction and system change.

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