Beyond Blame

TRAMA

It is often said that despite the time, expense and heartache expended on child abuse inquiries, little new comes out of them. In "Beyond Blame," 35 reports, which have been available since 1973, are reviewed within a systemic framework to see whether family systems ideas, with their interest in relationships, would help a re-analysis of each case at the center of the inquiry and whether this would allow new lessons to emerge. <BR> This is the first book to summarize all of the major inquiries and set them in their social context. In addition to acknowledging professional responsibility and accountability, the authors go well beyond these concerns in order to make sense of professional behavior and decision taking and to break new ground in understanding events leading up to the children's deaths. Common themes within abusing families are identified, in the relationships between members of the professional networks, and in the interactions between the families and professionals. These patterns are discussed and illustrated with extracts from the relevant cases. The authors suggest how their inferences can be applied in order to enhance professional practice and emphasize that professionals should consider relationships in many areas when assessing risk of harm to a child. The implications also have relevance for the conduct of future child abuse inquiries. <BR> "Beyond Blame" is of interest to all professionals involved in child protection, including social workers, psychologists, and child psychiatrists as well as to policy makers such as managers and politicians.

NOTE EDITORE

What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse? Beyond Blame offers a new way of looking at such cases and shows that it is possible to draw important lessons from them. The authors, all three experienced in child protection work, summarise thirty-five major inquiries since 1973, setting them in their social context and discussing the implications both for practical work in the field and for future inquiries.They stress the need for those who work day to day in child protection to develop and apply a more sophisticated level of analysis to assessment and intervention. They identify common themes within abusing families, in the relationships between members of the professional networks, and in the interactions between the families and the professionals.

SOMMARIO

Foreword by Professor Olive Stevenson. Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Wider Context. Tragedies Revisited. The Families. The Meaning of the Child. Inter-professional Communication. The Professional Networks. The Assessment Process. The Family-professional Systems. The Case as a Whole. Beyond Blame. Appendix: Summaries of the Cases. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.

AUTORE

Dr Peter Reder, Sylvia Duncan, Moira Gray

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415066792
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 0.70 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 208