{"product_id":"catching-a-case-inequality-and-fear-in-new-york-citys-child-welfare-system-hardback-9780813576145","title":"Catching a Case; Inequality and Fear in New York City's Child Welfare System (Hardback) 9780813576145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCatching a Case\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInequality and Fear in New York City's Child Welfare System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTina Lee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813576145\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Lee's important contribution reveals embedded racism and classism within the child welfare system.\" \u003c\/div\u003e - Aimee Cox (Fordham University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCatching a Case\u003c\/i\u003e] provides the reader with tangible information regarding the current urgency to provide comprehensive policies that serve the needs of mothers and children. Additionally, this work serves as a road map to begin to imagine simple ways to create meaningful change.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (InterActions) \u003cdiv\u003e\"For anyone interested in child welfare and\/or the foster care system … Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCatching a Case\u003c\/i\u003e is impressive in its breadth and analytical reach and will be useful for teaching in a number of different areas, including courses on youth and society, critical race theory, gender studies, poverty and inequality, the anthropology of bureaucracy, institutional and organizational ethnography, social service systems, American culture, and applied or public anthropology.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (North American Dialogue) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Lee’s work is written in an accessible style, and presents a view of a complex system that is accessible for the non-expert. As such, her book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students interested in the anthropology of politics, law, and bureaucracy, as well as social workers, legal actors, and policy makers interested in a critique of the contemporary child welfare system.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (PoLAR)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eInfluenced 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 \u003ci\u003eCatching a Case\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLee 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. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCatching a Case\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1          Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2          A History of Child Welfare in New York City\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3          The Life of a Child Welfare Case\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4          Fear and a System in Crisis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5          Policing versus Helping in Child Welfare\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6          Defining Neglect and Risk Assessment in Practice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7          Power in Child Welfare: Compliance and Rights\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8          Re-creating Stratified Reproduction and System Change\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559356690712,"sku":"9780813576145","price":85.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/catching-a-case-inequality-and-fear-in-new-york-citys-child-welfare-system-hardback-9780813576145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}