Karen Swift, Marilyn Callahan

At Risk

Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780802093318
• ISBN-10: 0802093310
• Artikelnr.: 26607017

Autorenporträt

Karen J. Swift is a professor in the School of Social Work at York University. Marilyn Callahan is professor emeritus in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1: The Social Relations of Risk
Chapter 2: From Social to Individual Risk
Chapter 3: Risk and Social Welfare
Chapter 4: The Entrenchment of Risk Assessment in Social Services
Part II
Chapter 5: The Institutional World
Chapter 6: In the Name of Risk
Chapter 7: Risk Reduction
Part III
Chapter 8: "What Have They Thought of Now?"
Bibliography
Index