Child welfare in the legal setting : a critical and interpretive perspective / / Thomas M. O'Brien.
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 302 p. :; ill. |
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Table of 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.