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Containment: Exploring the concept of agency in children’s statutory encounters with social workers
This article examines children’s agency in their interactions with social workers during statutory encounters in a child protection context. It draws from a UK-wide ethnographic study. It finds that much of social workers’ responses to children’s agency in this context are best understood as a form...
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Published in: | Childhood (Copenhagen, Denmark) Denmark), 2019-02, Vol.26 (1), p.98-112 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | This article examines children’s agency in their interactions with social workers during statutory encounters in a child protection context. It draws from a UK-wide ethnographic study. It finds that much of social workers’ responses to children’s agency in this context are best understood as a form of ‘containment’. In doing so, it offers an original and significant contribution to the theoretical understanding of children’s agency, as well as its application in social work practice. |
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ISSN: | 0907-5682 1461-7013 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0907568218810101 |