Title Catching a case : inequality and fear in New York City's child welfare system / Tina Lee

Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) Contents A history of child welfare in New York City -- The life of a child welfare case -- Fear and a system in crisis -- Policing versus helping child welfare -- Defining neglect and risk assessment in practice -- Power in child welfare: compliance and rights -- Re-creating stratified reproduction and system change Summary Based on extensive research into the child welfare system in New York City, Catching a Case reveals that, in the face of draconian budget cuts and a political climate that blames the poor for their own poverty, child welfare practices have become punitive, focused on removing children from their families and on parental compliance with rules. Rather than provide needed help for family problems, case workers often hold parents to standards almost impossible for working-class and poor parents to meet Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Child welfare -- New York (State) -- New York Child abuse -- New York (State) -- New York Low-income parents -- New York (State) -- New York Social service -- New York (State) -- New York Family services -- New York (State) -- New York Discrimination -- New York (State) -- New York POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Child abuse Child welfare Discrimination Family services Low-income parents Social service New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813576169 0813576164 9780813576152 0813576156

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