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Downgrading as a counterstrategy: a case study in child welfare.
- Source :
- Child & Family Social Work; May2013, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p139-148, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT Child welfare conversations in cases of suspected sexual child abuse are often slow and complex processes in which professionals and clients proceed cautiously. These conversations may best be considered as negotiations between professionals aiming at classifying clients in or out of problem categories, and clients distancing themselves from these categories or downgrading them. In a case study of a conversation between a child welfare worker and a 15-year-old boy who is the likely victim of sexual abuse by his stepfather, this process is demonstrated by an interactional analysis. It is shown that the client is not co-operating in a co-operative way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13567500
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child & Family Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86641805
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00809.x