Risk, Well-Being, and Paramountcy in Child Protection: The Need for Transformation Export

@article{citeulike:1594929, abstract = {The social construction of child welfare is explored in order to shed light on contemporary child welfare thinking, policy, and practice. Two primary influences, legal discourse and child welfare science, are seen to depend upon and shape one another. The current dominance of a risk management approach in child protection needs to be understood in the context of the evolution of the ” risk society,” and the impacts of a move to the paramountcy of the safety and well-being of the child are examined with a focus on the recent British Columbia experience. It is suggested that attempts to achieve a better balance of ensuring the safety of the child, meeting the child's developmental needs, and supporting family functioning need to challenge simplistic sociopolitical and mass media perspectives, and promising initiatives are currently being cultivated on the margins of the mainstream systems.}, author = {Anglin, James P.}, citeulike-article-id = {1594929}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016303309618}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/A:1016303309618}, journal = {Child and Youth Care Forum}, keywords = {childwelfare, risk, socialconstruction}, number = {4}, pages = {233--255}, posted-at = {2007-08-26 15:52:54}, priority = {5}, title = {Risk, Well-Being, and Paramountcy in Child Protection: The Need for Transformation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016303309618}, volume = {31}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1594929 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1594929 N2 - The social construction of child welfare is explored in order to shed light on contemporary child welfare thinking, policy, and practice. Two primary influences, legal discourse and child welfare science, are seen to depend upon and shape one another. The current dominance of a risk management approach in child protection needs to be understood in the context of the evolution of the “risk society,” and the impacts of a move to the paramountcy of the safety and well-being of the child are examined with a focus on the recent British Columbia experience. It is suggested that attempts to achieve a better balance of ensuring the safety of the child, meeting the child's developmental needs, and supporting family functioning need to challenge simplistic sociopolitical and mass media perspectives, and promising initiatives are currently being cultivated on the margins of the mainstream systems. IS - 4 JF - Child and Youth Care Forum EP - 255 TI - Risk, Well-Being, and Paramountcy in Child Protection: The Need for Transformation VL - 31 SP - 233 KW - childwelfare KW - risk KW - socialconstruction AU - Anglin, James PY - 2002//01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016303309618 ER -