Does Family Preservation Serve a Child's Best Interests? (Controversies in Public Policy)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780878407866
Subjects: Child abuse; Ethical issues & debates; Family & relationships; Family welfare; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Kinship care; Family; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Government - U.S. Government; History & Theory - General; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Child welfare; Adoption
First sentence: The merits of family preservation programs have been debated for many years; recent media accounts of child fatalities in families that receive family preservation services (Ingrassia and McCormick 1994) have fueled the controversy even further.