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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jagannathan, Radha.

Contributor:

Camasso, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--United States.

Child welfare.

Child abuse--United States.

Child abuse.

Social work with children--United States.

Social work with children.

Social case work with children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 social outrage.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Child Welfare Reform as Anger Management; Measuring up to Europe; Calls for Reform; Stimulating Reform with Appeals to the Shadow; Outrage and Child Welfare Operations; Outraged Decision Processes; 2. A State of Perpetual Outrage: New Jersey; Let There Be Blame; Life Under Court Order; Target Practice Doesn't Make Perfect; Course Correction; Path Toward Improvement; New Jersey and Megan's Law; New Jersey and Beyond; Case Study Insights and Limitations; 3. The Risky Business of Risk Assessment; Converting Uncertainty into Risk

Understanding Risks as HazardsHelping CPS Make Better Decisions; The Limitations of Normative Decision Making; The Relative Efficacy of Actuarial and Clinical Risk Assessment; Decisions Made Out of Context; 4. Agency Operations in an Outrage Era; The Criticized Mass-Child Protective Services Workers; Accountability in Case Management, Once Again; Technology Unplugged; The Social Work Elixir-Training; CPS Operations and Child Outcomes; Child Fatalities as Outrage Generators; 5. Societal Factors Affecting Child Welfare: Poverty, Income Support, and Race; Child and Family Deficiencies

Ecological Approaches to Child AbuseEconomic and Poverty Approaches; Welfare Reform, Income Support, and Child Welfare; Race and Child Welfare; 6. Child Protective Services Decision Outcomes and the Role of Outrage: An Empirical Test; Econometric Approach; Results from Our Analyses; Sensitivity Analyses; Conclusions; 7. An Outrage Management Strategy for Child Protective Services; The Search for Solutions; Strategic Balancing in CPS; Implementing a Comprehensive Risk Assessment Strategy; Improving Workforce Readiness and Stability; Getting Real about CPS Outcomes; How Can Research Help CPS?

Gauging CPS Future SuccessAppendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Appendix V; Appendix VI; Appendix VII; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-972101-7

0-19-517696-0

OCLC:

842363890