Court welfare in action : practice and theory

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Court welfare in action : practice and theory

Adrian L. James and Will Hay

Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-218) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Court Welfare in Action" is based on the first, large scale systematic study of the work of court welfare officers in England and Wales. It offers a detailed analysis of the development of the policy, legal and practice contexts of court welfare work this century and the discourse surrounding it. Drawing on data gathered in the course of researching six probation areas in England and Wales, the authors go on to describe the detail of court welfare officers' practice, illustrating the many tensions and ambiguities inherent in this difficult area of social work practice.

Table of Contents

THE CONTEXT AND THEORY OF COURT WELFARE. The Path to the Present. Policy and Praxis. Polarization and Polemic. THE WORLD OF PRACTICE. Working with Families and Children. Constructing Welfare Reports. Organizational Issues. SOCIAL THEORY AND COURT WELFARE WORK. From Practice to Theory: Some Emerging Issues and Problems. Understanding Practice. Synthesis and Synergy.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA22977590
  • ISBN
    • 0745013732
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 224 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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