Child Welfare Policy and Practice: The Myth of Family Preservation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Publication Title

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volume

67

Issue

4

First page number:

545

Last page number:

553

Abstract

The family-preservation orientation of child welfare policy and practice is questioned, and the reasons why child rescue efforts continue to grow are explored. Child placement rates are examined in historical context and compared to those of other countries. This paper argues that the child welfare system in the U.S. has long been two "systems" and that, as currently structured, it is incapable of promoting family preservation.

Disciplines

Social Work

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Pelton, L.H. (1997). Child welfare policy and practice: The myth of family preservation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67(4), 545-553.

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