Child Welfare Research: Advances for Practice and Policy

ISBN 10: 0195304969 / ISBN 13: 9780195304961

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2008

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During the last decade there have been major advances in research in child welfare, the largest specialty within social work. The focus of this research has been on improving current child welfare practices and programs that protect children from abuse and neglect. The major policy and program changes in the child welfare system have been guided by these research studies, spurred by federal and state emphasis on monitoring child welfare outcomes and identifying best practices. This landmark collection gathers those research developments- and how they have been translated into policies, programs, and practice- in a single volume for the first time. Duncan Lindsey, one of the nation's foremost child welfare scholars, and Aron Shlonsky have assembled a case of the giants in the field who analyze developments in adoption, foster care, risk assessment, CPS work, welfare reform, poverty, decision making, and epidemiological studies. The final section of the book details new approaches to programs designed to combat child maltreatment and child poverty. This volume, with its unparalled breadth, depth, and up-to-date content, will define the state of the field and serve as an invaluable reference for child welfare scholars and practitioners alike.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Duncan Lindsey is a Professor in the UCLA School of Public Affairs. The recipient of the 2003 ProHumanitate award, he also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Children and Youth Services Review and is the author of The Welfare of Children, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2003).

Aron Shlonsky is an associate professor on the University of Torontos Faculty of Social Work and is the director of the Bell Canada Child Welfare Research Unit.

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Titel: Child Welfare Research: Advances for ...
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good