Protecting children in the age of outrage : a new perspective on child protective services reform

Protecting children in the age of outrage : a new perspective on child protective services reform / Radha Jagannathan, Michael J. Camasso.

Professionals in the child welfare system will find this book to be a radically different explanation on protecting children from harm. Child maltreatment remains front and centre in the collective consciousness of communities around the United States, this book is a depiction of current events of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jagannathan, Radha
Other Authors: Camasso, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Child welfare > United States.
Child abuse > United States.
Social work with children > United States.
Social case work with children.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Child abuse
Child welfare
Social case work with children
Social work with children
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Child welfare reform as anger management
  • A state of perpetual outrage: New Jersey
  • The risky business of risk assessment
  • Agency operations in an outrage era
  • Societal factors affecting child welfare: poverty, income support, and race
  • Child protective services decision outcomes and the role of outrage: an empirical test
  • An outrage management strategy for child protective services.

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