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Behind from the Start
Call Number: 362.77569 Az95bf
A clear discussion of some of the root causes of poverty in the US.
Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century
Call Number: 362.70973 C4372
The changing field of child protection services from the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) to the Fostering Connections Act and beyond.
From Father's Property to Children's Rights
Call Number: 346.73017 M381f
Analysis of the history of child custody in the USA from colonial times to the present day.
No Visible Bruises
Call Number: 362.8292 Sn927 2019
An essential work about domestic violence in America
Rehoming of Adopted Children
This book investigates the practice of unregulated custody transfers of adopted children, commonly referred to as "rehoming," This practice involves parents who turn to the internet or other unregulated networks to find a new home for their child.
Scandalous Politics
The politics of child welfare and theories of policy determination.
Social Work and Family Violence, Second Edition
Call Number: 362.82924 M1325sw
Comprehensive text on family violence for social work students.
Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect
Call Number: 362.76 CJ
A comprehensive look at child maltreatment and the effect that various services will have on children and families.
Working with Ethnic Minorities and Across Cultures in Western Child Protection Systems
Call Number: 362.7 Sa969ww
A resource that clearly and comprehensively outlines the characteristics of cultural competency in the child protection system.

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Child Protection and Parents with Learning Disability
Practical knowledge for professionals in understanding intellectual disabilities and parenting capability.
Child Welfare
Current issues, practices and challenges related to child welfare.
Child Welfare in the United States
A balanced and comprehensive examination of the child welfare system with review of key issues, history of the child welfare system, and challenges for federal, state and local policies.
Child Welfare Services : Background, Funding and Foster Care
Child welfare services are intended to prevent the abuse or neglect of children; ensure that children have safe, permanent homes; and promote the well-being of children and their families.
Creating Compassionate Foster Care
This book conveys the foster care experience with recommendations for improved models of care and intervention strategies.
Fall or Fly
Based on interviews with more than sixty social workers, parents, and children who have gone through "the system," the riveting stories in Fall or Fly tell what foster care is like, from the inside out.
National Systems of Child Protection
Contemporary child protection systems in a range of countries with key policies and influences.
Raising Government Children
Traces the evolution of the modern American foster care system from its inception in the 1930s through the 1970s. with an analysis of the ideas, debates, and policies surrounding foster care and foster parents' relationship to public welfare.
Risk in Child Protection
A clear and accessible guide for social workers in understanding risk, practices, and challenges of child protection.
There Must Be a Witness
The story of advocates working against poverty, child abuse and neglect.
When the Welfare People Come
A radical assessment of institutional racism in the child welfare system.

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