RE: seeking ethnographies of child protection work

["psylevin" <psylevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richards, K. (1992)Tender Mercies: Inside the world of a child abuse
investigator. Chicago IL: The Noble Press.
This is an autobiographical account of how a child abuse investigator
works.  Murray Levine

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>From the Eye of the Storm by Crosson-Tower is good too.
Jill Levenson, Ph.D.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 
> 
> From: "David Crampton" <dsc14@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/09/07 Wed PM 01:41:12 EDT
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
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> Subject: seeking ethnographies of child protection work
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>  
> I am looking for ethnographies of child protection workers.  I found
> Gerald de Montigny's Social Working, Marc Parent's Turning Stones and
> Richard Gelles' Book of David.  I am especially interested in accounts
> of how workers use risk assessment instruments and/or community-based
> practices (family meetings, neighborhood centers, etc.) but I am
> interested in any observational studies of CPS.  Suggestions on or off
> the list are greatly appreciated.
>  
> Thanks, David
>  
>  
> David Crampton, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
> Case Western Reserve University
> 10900 Euclid Avenue
> Cleveland, OH  44106-7164
> 216-368-6680
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