Inconvenient Truths: A Response To The Article By David Stoesz, “The Child Welfare Cartel”

Keywords

child abuse; child welfare; education; field of practice

Abstract

David Stoesz offers a sweeping critique of the Children’s Bureau and social work education by claiming the existence of a “child welfare cartel.” He also attacks the quality of social work education and research, which he claims has poorly invested government funding and helped create the unmitigated failures of the American child welfare system. However, closer examination reveals that many of his claims, while dramatic, are actually ill conceived and unsupportable. We attempt to clarify and inform readers about some significant aspects of the field of child welfare and the contemporary responses being made by the federal government in partnership with social work educators and researchers.

Publication Date

9-1-2016

Publication Title

Research on Social Work Practice

Volume

26

Issue

5

Number of Pages

510-514

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731515621622

Socpus ID

84982955526 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84982955526

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