ScholarWorks > HHS > Social Work > JSSW > Vol. 31 > Iss. 1 (2004)
Keywords
Family group conferencing, responsive regulation, child welfare, differential response
Abstract
A regulatory approach compels the child welfare worker to make decisions according to set procedures and prevents responding flexibly to families. Differential response is a way that child welfare is departing from legal formalism. One means is convening a family group conference (FGC) to develop a plan. John Braithwaite's regulatory pyramid assists in concep- tualizing differential response. This article reports a factor analysis of data on achievement of FGC objectives to elaborate three interfaces for fostering responsive regulation. Each interface keeps the family group at the center of planning while firmly maintaining their connections with community and government programs.
Recommended Citation
Pennell, Joan
(2004)
"Family Group Conferencing in Child Welfare: Responsive and Regulatory Interfaces,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 31:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2963
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