Child welfare in the legal setting [electronic resource] : a critical and interpretive perspective / Thomas M. O'Brien.

By: O'Brien, Thomas MContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Haworth Press, c2004Description: xiv, 302 p. : illISBN: 9780203047088 (electronic bk.)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 LOC classification: KF3735 | .O27 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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