Social Work on Trial : : The Colwell Inquiry and the State of Welfare / / Ian Butler, Mark Drakeford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Butler, Ian,; Drakeford, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: BASW/Policy Press titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Sources --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; The second week of January 1973... --; November and December 1972 ... --; The state of social work --; The public inquiry --; Social work on trial --; Afterwards … --; The trial continues … --; Maria Colwell – synopsis --; Maria Colwell – a chronology --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847428691; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ian Butler, Mark Drakeford.

The public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns and public interest - both local and national - that surrounded the inquiry and its aftermath, and shows how the concerns of this landmark child abuse case have still failed to find a satisfactory resolution today. Social work, then and now, remains 'on trial'.