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Harris Robert <1947-> |
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Secure accommodation in child care : between hospital and prison or thereabouts? / / Robert Harris and Noel Timms |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993 |
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1-134-92431-3 |
0-203-20928-1 |
1-280-32434-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Juvenile detention homes - Great Britain |
Social work with juvenile delinquents - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Part I Theoretical background; 1 Secure accommodation outlined; SECURE ACCOMMODATION: AMBIGUITY IN ACTION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THEMES AND ISSUES; SECURE ACCOMMODATION: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; SECURE ACCOMMODATION: TOWARDS LEGISLATIVE CHANGE; CONCLUSION; 2 The state, the family and the child; SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS; 'PERSPECTIVES' ON CHILD-CARE POLICY: A CRITIQUE; RIGHTS, NEEDS AND INTERESTS: AMBIGUITY IN ACTION; TOWARDS A CONCLUSION; 3 Young devils...or angels with dirty faces? |
TOWARDS A LITERARY ANALYSIS: DRAMA AND NARRATIVE IN SOCIAL WORKA TALE OF TWO TALES: THE DEVILS AND THE ANGELS; Tale A: the young devils; Tale B: the angels with dirty faces; ENTER THE EXPERTS: EXPLAINERS AND EXCUSERS; CONCLUSION; Part II Secure accommodation; 4 Talking to the experts; SECURE ACCOMMODATION: SOME BACKGROUND ISSUES; THE RESEARCH OUTLINED; THE POLICY STUDY; THE INTERVIEWS: SOME TOPICS AND THEMES; Autonomy retained: the 72-hour rule; Applying for an authorisation: the bureau-professional decision; Social services and the DHSS; TALKING TO THE |
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PROFESSIONALS: SOME ISSUES AND DILEMMAS |
CONCLUSION5 Secure children?; CHILDREN'S STORIES; Three boys: Michael, David and Richard; Case A: Michael Johnson; Case B: David Harding; Case C: Richard Miles; Two girls: Karen and Sarah; Case D: Karen Jarvis; Case E: Sarah Holmes; CONCLUSION; 6 Insecure accommodations; JUVENILE COURTS AND WELFARE AGENCIES; JUVENILE COURTS AND SECURE ACCOMMODATION APPLICATIONS; THE OBSERVATIONS; CONCLUSION; 7 What is to be done?; SECURE ACCOMMODATION: SOME POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD; JOURNEY'S END; Appendix A Child Care Act 1980, section 21A; Appendix B Children Act 1989, section 25 |
Appendix C Extract from the Criminal Justice Act 1991, section 60Notes; Bibliography; OFFICIAL REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS (COMMAND PAPERS); BOOKS AND ARTICLES; Name index; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For some children secure accommodation seems to be the only way to control their disparate number of ""problems"". But why is this so, and from what criteria do social work professionals decide that a child should be put into secure accommodation? In Secure Accommodation in Child Care the authors use an empirical study of secure accommodation as a basis for an analysis of the relations between the state, the family and the ""difficult"" child. By looking at court procedures, social workers and the children themselves they explain how professionals and children make sense of their worl |
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