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22-09-2017 | Book Review

Richard J. Gelles: Out of Harm’s Way: Creating an Effective Child Welfare System

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2017, 186 p, ISBN: 978-0190618018

Auteur: Ashanté Travis

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 11/2017

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Extract

A response to the nation’s fractured and undoubtedly imperfect child welfare system, this book examines the shortcomings of all individuals involved and proposes ideas for reform that can be embraced at both the federal and local levels. But ultimately, Richard J. Gelles calls attention to the entire culture of the child welfare system and challenges existing and potential advocates to take steps toward furthering the interests of children by shifting the focus of the mission from the parent to the child. Serving as a revision to his earlier book The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children’s Lives (Gelles 1996), Out of Harm’s Way, expands on various policy implications of our distracted system and employs evidence from numerous studies that surfaced in his professional experience. While he acknowledges that restructuring the child welfare system is unlikely, Gelles effectively pressures readers to facilitate change by delineating problem areas and rethinking the system’s institutional purpose. …
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Metagegevens
Titel
Richard J. Gelles: Out of Harm’s Way: Creating an Effective Child Welfare System
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2017, 186 p, ISBN: 978-0190618018
Auteur
Ashanté Travis
Publicatiedatum
22-09-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0754-9