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9780415947275

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415947275

  • ISBN10:

    0415947278

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2005-08-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The ways children's rights are handled by the state remain a highly controversial and frequently criticized topic of national interest, yet little is known about the actual operations of the Child Welfare System. InFixing 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. During her investigation Reich had access to many levels of CPS action, and within each chapter are heartbreaking stories culled from her many ride-alongs with social workers, and the numerous juvenile court cases that she was able to observe--stories that illustrate the dramatic personal effects of bureaucratic decisions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction
1(26)
Child Protection: A Historical Perspective
27(28)
The Hated Do-Gooders: Social Work in Context
55(18)
Expected Parental Behavior: Theorizing Subordination and Deference in the Investigation
73(40)
Reforming Parents, Reunifying Families
113(44)
Court-Ordered Empowerment and the Reformation of Mothers in CPS
157(30)
Biology and Conformity: Expectations of Fathers in Reunification
187(32)
Beyond Reunification: When Families Cannot be Fixed
219(36)
Conclusion
255(20)
Appendix: Methods 275(18)
Bibliography 293(18)
Notes 311(40)
Index 351

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