Child welfare in the legal setting
Subtitle: a critical and interpretive perspective
By: Thomas M. O'Brien.
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.; Social work with children -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Child welfare workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: The institutional context of child welfare; title: Governance, legitimacy, and trust; title: Multiple dimensions of child welfare governance; title: The organizational context of practice; title: The legal system as host setting : context and history; title: Images and realities of the legal system : metaphor, myths, and stereotypes; title: The courts; title: The concentric systems view of child welfare; title: The rationalization of child welfare intervention; title: Life in narrative and drama : meaning, self, and identity; title: Social intervention as ritualized action; title: Ethics, values, and integrity; title: Conclusion.