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  • Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System

    The Case for Abolition

    by Alan J. Dettlaff ...
    In Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System, Alan J. Dettlaff presents a call to abolish the American child welfare system due to the harm and destruction it causes Black families. Dettlaff traces the origins of the modern child welfare system, which emerged following the abolition of slavery, to demonstrate that the harm and oppression that result from child welfare ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance

    A Tale of Two Professions

    by Rich Moth, Filipe Duarte, Patrick Selmi, Carolyn Noble, Alan Dettlaff, Victoria Copeland, Caroline McGregor, Michael Lavalette, Nicos Trimikliniotis, Vassilis Tsianos, Melisa Campana-Alabarce, Gianinna Muñoz-Arce, María Inés Martínez Herrero, Linda Harms-Smith, Yasmin Turton, Carola Kuhlmann, Caroline Bald, Akudo Amadiegwu, Pedro Gabriel Silva, Alcina Martins, Bob Pease, Guy Shennan, Claire McGettrick ...
    Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories.This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice

    Reckoning With Our History, Interrogating our Present, Reimagining our Future

    Edited by Laura S. Abrams, Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Alan J. Dettlaff, James Herbert Williams ...
    The profession of social work in the United States has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal of achieving racial justice. Moreover, the profession simultaneously practices within racist institutions and systems and works to dismantle them. While there are many ways that the profession of social work has improved quality of life for minoritized groups, there are numerous ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families

    Culturally Responsive Practice

    Edited by Alan Dettlaff, Rowena Fong ...
    Designed for students of social work, public policy, ethnic studies, community development, and migration studies, Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families provides the best knowledge for culturally responsive practice with immigrant children, adolescents, and families. This textbook summarizes the unique circumstances of Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, South Asian, African, and Middle Eastern ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Child Welfare Practice with Immigrant Children and Families

    Edited by Alan Dettlaff, Rowena Fong ...
    Children in immigrant families represent nearly one-fourth of all children living in the United States. As this population of children has increased, so has their representation among children involved in child welfare and related systems. Once immigrant families come to the attention of these systems, they often have multiple and complex needs that must be addressed to ensure children’s safety ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Human Services

    Multisystemic Approaches

    Edited by Rowena Fong, Alan Dettlaff, Joyce James, Carolyne Rodriguez ...
    The issue of racial disproportionality in the child welfare system, particularly as it impacts African American children and families, has long been a concern to practitioners and policymakers. However, disproportionality is not limited to the African American community. Latino, Native American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander populations experience inequities in treatment. From leading ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System

    Edited by Alan J. Dettlaff ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume examines existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems, the underlying factors that contribute to these phenomena and the harms that result at both the individual and community levels. It reviews multiple forms of interventions designed to prevent and reduce disproportionality, particularly in states and jurisdictions that have seen ... Read more

    $161.09 USD

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    Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

    by Laura Bates, Rodrigo Cantarero, Steven Garasky, Kimberly Greder, Daniel Hatch, Kyoung-Rae Jung, Jooeun Lee, Rucha Londhe, Tom Luster, Ana Martinez-Donate, Leakhena Nou, Pusparandi Panda, Wei Qiu, Dorit Radnai-Griffin, Yoshie Sano, Archana Singh, Linda Skogrand, Lynet Uttal, Yan Xia, Xiaolin Xie, Oksana Yakushko, Joy Zakarian, Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Libby Balter Blume, Amy E. Boren, Laura Thompson Brady, Christine C. Cook, Lee Anne De Reus, Daniel F. Detzner, Daiana A. Gonzalez, Nancy A. Gonzales, Pallabi Moulik Gupta, Charles B. Hennon, C Richard Hofstetter, M Janice Hogan, Melbourne F. Hovell, Veronica L. Irvin, Deborah J. Johnson, George P. Knight, Ryan P. Jacobson, Hee Young Paik, Hae Ryun Park, James J. Potter, M Elise Radina, Bruce C. Randall, Mark W. Roosa, Delia S. Saenz, Gregory F. Sanders, Aysem R. Senyurekli, Khadija S. Sheikh, Bahira Sherif Trask, Paula M. Usita, Stephan M. Wilson, Pa Nhia D. Yang, Richard B. Miller ...
    Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Child Welfare

    Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice

    Edited by Kathleen Kufeldt, Brad McKenzie ...
    Children who receive child welfare services are a vulnerable group, and their numbers are growing. All who care about them need to be fully informed about current outcomes, indicators of success and failure, and best practices. This second edition of Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice has a special focus on Canadian child welfare and contains entirely new material on these ... Read more

    $54.79 USD

  • Rural Social Work Practice

    Edited by Nancy Lohmann, Roger Lohmann ...
    Featuring contributions from practitioners, researchers, and academics, this volume synthesizes and analyzes current trends in rural social work practice and considers the most effective ways to serve rural communities. Contributors consider the history and development of rural social work from its beginnings to the present day, addressing the value of the Internet and other new information ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society

    Edited by Rowena Fong, James Lubben, Richard P. Barth ...
    The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work. GCSWI calls for bold innovation and collective action powered by proven and evolving scientific interventions to address critical social issues facing society. The purpose of GCSWI was ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Today’s College Students

    A Reader

    Edited by Pietro A. Sasso, Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    Series Book 57 - Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society
    America’s undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity. Today’s College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad spectrum. The editors and contributors also invite students, their instructors, and other college/university practitioners to be mindful ... Read more

    $57.09 USD