Title: Family matters : child welfare in twentieth-century New Zealand /
Authors: Dalley, Bronwyn, 1954-; New Zealand.
Publisher: Auckland University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs,
Year: 1998
Subjects: New Zealand.; Child welfare New Zealand History; Family policy New Zealand History; Child Welfare history; Family Health history
Abstract: "Traces the changes in government child welfare services from 1902 until 1992"--Back cover.
Contents: Pt. I. 'Humanity and national efficiency': the emergence of a child welfare system, 1902-1925. -- 1. Control, reformation and protection: the basis of child welfare -- 2. Towards the Child Welfare Act 1925 -- Pt. II. 'Social readjustment': the work of the Child Welfare Branch, 1925-1948 -- 3. To train, rather than to punish: children's courts, supervision and residential institutions -- 4. 'Saved to the State': preventive child welfare -- Pt. III. Recording 'the history of social breakdown': from child welfare to social welfare, 1948-1972 -- 5. 'That disagreeable term "teenagers"': juvenile delinquency and its prevention -- 6. 'Deprived of a normal home life': ex-nuptial births, adoption, foster care, and child abuse -- Pt. IV. Child-focused, family-centred: changing philosophies and practices, 1972-1992 -- 7. 'A new language': youth justice and residential institutions -- 8. 'Family solutions to family problems': care and protection matters.