At risk : social justice in child welfare and other human services /

Swift, Karen.

At risk : social justice in child welfare and other human services / Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan. - Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Pt. I. The social relations of risk ; From social to individual risk ; Risk and social welfare ; The entrenchment of risk assessment in human services -- PARTII. The institutional world ; In the name of risk ; Reducing whose risk? -- PARTIII. 'What have they thought of now?'.



9781442697294


Child welfare--Canada--Case studies.
Risk assessment--Canada--Case studies.
Social justice--Canada.
Human services--Canada.


Electronic Books.

HV715 / .A875 2009