This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Family Social Work, 2004, 8(2), pp.53-64. The Journal of Family Social Work is available online at:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1300/J039v08n02_03., Governments are concerned to promote positive parenting but it is difficult…

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, McKeigue, B. & Beckett, C., 2004. Care proceedings under the 1989 Children Act: rhetoric…

This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 2(2), pp.73-88. The Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t744347544. ~ This work was a development of Home's…

This paper considers some of the current thinking in relation to attachment theory and systemic theory in understanding the development of adult couple relationships in terms of their attachment to each other and of their adaptations as a family. There…

In April 2001, the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (CAFCASS) became responsible for family court work, including the provision of mediation services. Family court mediation offers a gateway for social work with children and families whose needs are…

The relative contributions of optical and neural factors to the decrease in visual function with aging were investigated by measurement of contrast detection at three different spatial frequencies, in the presence of external noise, on young and older subjects. Contrast…

The araneofauna of the extreme Southern Hemisphere is highly impoverished and disharmonic. Four dead anthropogenic immigrant spiders have been collected from Antarctica while only 115 verified species from 26 families are reported on the islands of the Southern Ocean. Cluster…

The probation service is at risk of serious harm from the discourses of toughness and cure. People subject to community rehabilitation orders are categorised first and foremost as ‘offenders’ by probation officers, their managers and governors. Not surprisingly, people on…

This paper presents an analysis of interviews with Israeli social workers conducted as part of a study investigating the impact of the 2nd Intifada on the work, clients, views and feelings of Israeli Arab and Jewish social workers. The data…

Successive government policies have created a situation where most residential and nursing care is provided by the independent sector. It is in the nature of a marketized and privatized care system that homes will periodically close or change ownership. The…