Social work, class politics and risk in the moral panic over Baby P

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-233

  Warner, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child protection; documentary analysis; media; moral regulation; parenting; risk; social work; underclass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CIVIL DISORDER; DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; MORALITY; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL PROMISCUITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE;

EID: 84877584796     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.776018     Document Type: Article

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