LEADER 04163nam 22006495 450 001 9910827898803321 005 20230126214343.0 010 $a0-8135-7616-4 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813576169 035 $a(CKB)3710000000654178 035 $a(EBL)4516672 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001662744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16447959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001662744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14820713 035 $a(PQKB)10366150 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4516672 035 $a(OCoLC)948512108 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54049 035 $a(DE-B1597)529918 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813576169 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000654178 100 $a20191022d2016 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCatching a Case $eInequality and Fear in New York City's Child Welfare System /$fTina Lee 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-7614-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. A History of Child Welfare in New York City --$t3. The Life of a Child Welfare Case --$t4. Fear and a System in Crisis --$t5. Policing versus Helping in Child Welfare --$t6. Defining Neglect and Risk Assessment in Practice --$t7. Power in Child Welfare: Compliance and Rights --$t8. Re-creating Stratified Reproduction and System Change --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aInfluenced by news reports of young children brutalized by their parents, most of us see the role of child services as the prevention of severe physical abuse. But as Tina Lee shows in Catching a Case, most child welfare cases revolve around often ill-founded charges of neglect, and the parents swept into the system are generally struggling but loving, fighting to raise their children in the face of crushing poverty, violent crime, poor housing, lack of childcare, and failing schools. Lee explored the child welfare system in New York City, observing family courts, interviewing parents and following them through the system, asking caseworkers for descriptions of their work and their decision-making processes, and discussing cases with attorneys on all sides. What she discovered about the system is troubling. Lee reveals that, in the face of draconian budget cuts and a political climate that blames the poor for their own poverty, child welfare practices have become punitive, focused on removing children from their families and on parental compliance with rules. Rather than provide needed help for families, case workers often hold parents to standards almost impossible for working-class and poor parents to meet. For instance, parents can be accused of neglect for providing inadequate childcare or housing even when they cannot afford anything better. In many cases, child welfare exacerbates family problems and sometimes drives parents further into poverty while the family court system does little to protect their rights. Catching a Case is a much-needed wake-up call to improve the child welfare system, and to offer more comprehensive social services that will allow all children to thrive. 606 $aDiscrimination$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aFamily services$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aSocial service$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aLow-income parents$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aChild abuse$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aChild welfare$zNew York (State)$zNew York 615 0$aDiscrimination 615 0$aFamily services 615 0$aSocial service 615 0$aLow-income parents 615 0$aChild abuse 615 0$aChild welfare 676 $a362.709747/1 700 $aLee$b Tina$01203465 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827898803321 996 $aCatching a Case$94054665 997 $aUNINA