Time for an Ideological Shift in Child Welfare? An Essay Review

Social Service Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-143

  Maluccio, Anthony N ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0009125217     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/604234     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. M. W. Fraser, E. Walton, R. E. Lewis, P. J. Pecora, and W. K. Walton, "An Experiment in Family Reunification: Correlates of Outcomes at One-Year Follow-Up," Children and Youth Services Review 18 (1996): 335-62; S. W. Henggeler, G. B. Melton, and L. A. Smith, "Family Preservation Using Multisystemic Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Incarcerating Serious Juvenile Offenders," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 60 (1996): 953-61; W. Meezan and J. McCroskey, "Improving Family Functioning through Family Preservation Services: Results of the Los Angeles Experiment," Family Preservation Journal 1 (1996): 9-30; K. E. Nelson, "Family-Based Services for Families and Children at Risk of Out-of-Home Placement," in Child Welfare Research Review, vol. 1, ed. Richard Barth, Jill Duerr Berrick, and Neil Gilbert (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp. 83-108; and P. J. Pecora, M. W. Fraser, K. E. Nelson, J. McCroskey, and W. Meezan, Evaluating Family-Based Services (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1995).
2. M. W. Fraser, E. Walton, R. E. Lewis, P. J. Pecora, and W. K. Walton, "An Experiment in Family Reunification: Correlates of Outcomes at One-Year Follow-Up," Children and Youth Services Review 18 (1996): 335-62; S. W. Henggeler, G. B. Melton, and L. A. Smith, "Family Preservation Using Multisystemic Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Incarcerating Serious Juvenile Offenders," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 60 (1996): 953-61; W. Meezan and J. McCroskey, "Improving Family Functioning through Family Preservation Services: Results of the Los Angeles Experiment," Family Preservation Journal 1 (1996): 9-30; K. E. Nelson, "Family-Based Services for Families and Children at Risk of Out-of-Home Placement," in Child Welfare Research Review, vol. 1, ed. Richard Barth, Jill Duerr Berrick, and Neil Gilbert (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp. 83-108; and P. J. Pecora, M. W. Fraser, K. E. Nelson, J. McCroskey, and W. Meezan, Evaluating Family-Based Services (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1995).
3. M. W. Fraser, E. Walton, R. E. Lewis, P. J. Pecora, and W. K. Walton, "An Experiment in Family Reunification: Correlates of Outcomes at One-Year Follow-Up," Children and Youth Services Review 18 (1996): 335-62; S. W. Henggeler, G. B. Melton, and L. A. Smith, "Family Preservation Using Multisystemic Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Incarcerating Serious Juvenile Offenders," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 60 (1996): 953-61; W. Meezan and J. McCroskey, "Improving Family Functioning through Family Preservation Services: Results of the Los Angeles Experiment," Family Preservation Journal 1 (1996): 9-30; K. E. Nelson, "Family-Based Services for Families and Children at Risk of Out-of-Home Placement," in Child Welfare Research Review, vol. 1, ed. Richard Barth, Jill Duerr Berrick, and Neil Gilbert (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp. 83-108; and P. J. Pecora, M. W. Fraser, K. E. Nelson, J. McCroskey, and W. Meezan, Evaluating Family-Based Services (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1995).
4. M. W. Fraser, E. Walton, R. E. Lewis, P. J. Pecora, and W. K. Walton, "An Experiment in Family Reunification: Correlates of Outcomes at One-Year Follow-Up," Children and Youth Services Review 18 (1996): 335-62; S. W. Henggeler, G. B. Melton, and L. A. Smith, "Family Preservation Using Multisystemic Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Incarcerating Serious Juvenile Offenders," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 60 (1996): 953-61; W. Meezan and J. McCroskey, "Improving Family Functioning through Family Preservation Services: Results of the Los Angeles Experiment," Family Preservation Journal 1 (1996): 9-30; K. E. Nelson, "Family-Based Services for Families and Children at Risk of Out-of-Home Placement," in Child Welfare Research Review, vol. 1, ed. Richard Barth, Jill Duerr Berrick, and Neil Gilbert (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp. 83-108; and P. J. Pecora, M. W. Fraser, K. E. Nelson, J. McCroskey, and W. Meezan, Evaluating Family-Based Services (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1995).
5. M. W. Fraser, E. Walton, R. E. Lewis, P. J. Pecora, and W. K. Walton, "An Experiment in Family Reunification: Correlates of Outcomes at One-Year Follow-Up," Children and Youth Services Review 18 (1996): 335-62; S. W. Henggeler, G. B. Melton, and L. A. Smith, "Family Preservation Using Multisystemic Therapy: An Effective Alternative to Incarcerating Serious Juvenile Offenders," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 60 (1996): 953-61; W. Meezan and J. McCroskey, "Improving Family Functioning through Family Preservation Services: Results of the Los Angeles Experiment," Family Preservation Journal 1 (1996): 9-30; K. E. Nelson, "Family-Based Services for Families and Children at Risk of Out-of-Home Placement," in Child Welfare Research Review, vol. 1, ed. Richard Barth, Jill Duerr Berrick, and Neil Gilbert (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), pp. 83-108; and P. J. Pecora, M. W. Fraser, K. E. Nelson, J. McCroskey, and W. Meezan, Evaluating Family-Based Services (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1995).
6. For further discussion of this theme, see P. J. Pecora, Testimony on Family-Based Services and Adoption, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, May 10, 1995).
7. For review of related research, see P. J. Pecora, J. K. Whittaker, and A. N. Maluccio, The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice and Research (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1992).
8. For an extensive analysis of the diverse perspectives on child-centered versus family-centered policies, see L. Fox Harding, Perspectives in Child Care Policy (New York: Longman, 1991).
9. C. L. Brace, The Dangerous Classes of New York (New York: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1872).
10. F. Ainsworth and R. W. Small, "Family-Centered Group Care Practice: Concept and Implementation," Journal of Child and Youth Care Work 10 (1995): 7-14.
11. A. N. Maluccio, B. A. Pine, and R. Warsh, "Protecting Children by Preserving Their Families," Children and Youth Services Review 16 (1994): 296.
12. Ibid., pp. 305-6.
13. See, e.g., P. J. Pecora, M. W. Fraser, and D. A. Haapala, "Intensive Home-Based Family Preservation Services: An Update from the FIT Project," Child Welfare 71 (1992): 177-87.
14. L. H. Pelton, For Reasons of Poverty: A Critical Analysis of the Public Child Welfare System in the United States (New York: Praeger, 1989).