Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-265) and index.
Contents
pt. I. The social relations of risk ; From social to individual risk ; Risk and social welfare ; The entrenchment of risk assessment in human services -- pt. II. The institutional world ; In the name of risk ; Reducing whose risk? -- pt. III. 'What have they thought of now?'.
Summary
In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services.
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