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Catching a case : inequality and fear in New York City's child welfare system / Tina Lee.
LIBRA HV743.N48 L44 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Tina, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--New York (State)--New York.
- Child welfare.
- Discrimination.
- Family services.
- Social service.
- Low-income parents.
- Child abuse.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Child abuse--New York (State)--New York.
- Low-income parents--New York (State)--New York.
- Social service--New York (State)--New York.
- Family services--New York (State)--New York.
- Discrimination--New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 245 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- A history of child welfare in New York City
- The life of a child welfare case
- Fear and a system in crisis
- Policing versus helping child welfare
- Defining neglect and risk assessment in practice
- Power in child welfare: compliance and rights
- Re-creating stratified reproduction and system change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813576145
- 0813576148
- 9780813576138
- 081357613X
- OCLC:
- 927165984
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