The coercive social worker : British lessons for American social services /

PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICESChapter 3. THE REDISCOVERY OFTHE PROBLEM FAMILY; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIFIED THEORY OF DEVIANCE; GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PREVENTIVE SERVICE: THE INGLEBY REPORT AND THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT, 1963; Chapter 4.A PREVENTIVE SERVICE IN OPERATION; JU...

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Main Author: Handler, Joel F.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Academic Press, 1973.
Series:Institute for Research on Poverty monograph series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; The Coercive Social Worker: British Lessons for American Social Services; Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE: SOCIAL WORK IN THE POSTWAR ERA; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL WORK THEORY ANDTHE INDIVIDUAL; SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL POLICY; INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL SERVICES; THE TREND IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter 2. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN WELFARE STATE; BUILDING THE FLOOR; THE GROWTH OF THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES: CHILD PROTECTION; THE CREATION OF CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENTS; PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES IN OTHER STATUTORY AGENCIES.
  • AFTERMATH: CYP, 1969, AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL SERVICES ACT, 1970Chapter 6. AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS: SOCIAL SERVICES IN AN INCOME MAINTENANCE SETTING; DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL SERVICE STRATEGY; SOCIAL SERVICES IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, THE 1962 AMENDMENTS; THE 1967 PUBLIC WELFARE AMENDMENTS; THE TASK FORCE ON ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES; THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED TITLE XX, 1970; SUMMARY AND COMPARISON; Chapter 7. DISCRETION IN SOCIAL SERVICES: ITS CREATION AND CONTROL; THE CREATION OF DISCRETION: RECRUITMENT; THE EXPANSION OF DISCRETION: THE SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION.
  • CONTROLLING DISCRETION: LEGAL RIGHTSCONTROLLING DISCRETION: IN-KIND OR IN CASH?; CONTROLLING DISCRETION: A PLURALISTIC APPROACH; INDEX; Institute for Research on Poverty Monograph Series.