Fixing Families
Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2005
Book
Hardback
370 pages
978-0-415-94726-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 accountable to the state affects a family.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
751 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-94726-8 (9780415947268)
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Person
Jennifer A. Reich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Child Protection: A Historical Perspective; Chapter 3 The Hated Do-Gooders: Social Work in Context; Chapter 4 Expected Parental Behavior: Theorizing Subordination and Deference in the Investigation; Chapter 5 Reforming Parents, Reunifying Families; Chapter 6 Court-Ordered Empowerment and the Reformation of Mothers in CPS; Chapter 7 Biology and Conformity: Expectations of Fathers in Reunification; Chapter 8 Beyond Reunification: When Families Cannot be Fixed; Chapter 9 Conclusion;