Child welfare in the legal setting [electronic resource] : a critical and interpretive perspective / Thomas M. O'Brien.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Haworth Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 302 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 344.7303/27 22
- KF3735 .O27 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.
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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