Governing Risk [electronic resource] : Care and Control in Contemporary Social Work /
Hardy, M.author.
Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice. Focusing on two 'domains' of practice - mental health social work and probation work - it analyses the ways in which risk thinking has affected social work's aims and objectives, methods and approaches.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Enduring Debates in Social Work; 2 Accounting for the Rise of Risk; 3 Mental Health Social Work - A Case in Point; 4 The Probation Service - Pragmatism in Practice?; 5 'An Analytics of Social Work'; 6 A Technical Identity?; 7 Risk, Uncertainty and Blame in Contemporary Practice; 8 Conclusion - Doing Justice to Social Work; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice. Focusing on two 'domains' of practice - mental health social work and probation work - it analyses the ways in which risk thinking has affected social work's aims and objectives, methods and approaches.
Juvenile delinquents.
Social work.
Clinical psychology.
Criminology.
Risk management.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Social Work.
Clinical Psychology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Risk Management.
Prison and Punishment.