Child welfare in the legal setting [electronic resource] : a critical and interpretive perspective / Thomas M. O'Brien.
By: O'Brien, Thomas M.
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BookPublisher: New York : Haworth Press, c2004Description: xiv, 302 p. : ill.Subject(s): Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Social work with children -- Law and legislation -- United States | Child welfare workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.7303/27 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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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