Professionals in child welfare and protection are often required to make decisions--fraught with many difficulties and shortcomings--that have crucial implicati

Professionals in child welfare and protection are often required to make decisions--fraught with many difficulties and shortcomings--that have crucial implicati

Child Welfare Removals by the State addresses a most important (but little-researched) legal proceeding: when the State intervenes in the private family sphere

Kids in danger are treated instrumentally to promote the rehabilitation of their parents, the welfare of their communities, and the social justice of their race

Professional judgement and decision making are central to social work, both in everyday professional practice and in public perceptions of social work as a prof