Fixing Families : Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System.

Fixing Families : Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System.

In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of a case to its discharge, Reich shows how parents negotiate with the state for custody of their children, and how being held accountab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reich, Jennifer A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Perspectives on gender.
Subjects:
Child welfare > United States.
Family social work > United States.
Dysfunctional families > Services for > United States.
Child welfare
Dysfunctional families > Services for
Family social work
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Child protection in a historical perspective
  • The hated do-gooders : social work in context
  • Expected parental behavior : theorizing subordination and deference in investigations
  • Reforming parents, reunifying families
  • Court-ordered empowerment and the reformation of mothers in CPS
  • Biology and conformity : expectations of fathers
  • Beyond reunification : when families cannot be fixed
  • Conclusion.

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