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04151aam a2200517 i 4500 001 37BDF53878DA11E7B166DE2097128E48 003 SILO 005 20170804010015 008 151023s2016 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015028620 020 $a 081357613X (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780813576138 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0813576148 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780813576145 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)927165984 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d PUL $d BDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCF $d CDX $d TWC $d ZLM $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a HV743.N48 $b L44 2016 082 00 $a 362.709747/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Lee, Tina, $d 1976- $e author. 245 10 $a Catching a case : $b inequality and fear in New York City's child welfare system / $c Tina Lee. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c 2016 300 $a viii, 245 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index. 505 0 $a A history of child welfare in New York City -- The life of a child welfare case -- Fear and a system in crisis -- Policing versus helping child welfare -- Defining neglect and risk assessment in practice -- Power in child welfare: compliance and rights -- Re-creating stratified reproduction and system change. 520 $a "Influenced 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." -- Publisher's description 650 0 $a Child welfare $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Child abuse $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Low-income parents $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Social service $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Family services $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Discrimination $z New York. $z New York. 650 7 $a Child abuse. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00854223 650 7 $a Child welfare. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00854709 650 7 $a Discrimination. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894985 650 7 $a Family services. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00920479 650 7 $a Low-income parents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01430674 650 7 $a Social service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123192 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204333 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9780813576145 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214022125.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20170804010525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=37BDF53878DA11E7B166DE2097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search