Understanding Child Welfare

Authors

Richard P. Barth, University of Maryland - Baltimore
Jill Duerr Berrick, University of California - Berkeley
Melissa Jonson-Reid, Washington University in St. Louis
Antonio R. Garcia, North Carolina State UniversityFollow
Johanna Greeson, University of Pennsylvania
John Gyourko, James Madison UniversityFollow
Brett Drake, Washington University in St. LouisFollow

Publication Date

2026

Faculty Department

Department of Social Work

Document Type

Book

Abstract

This volume provides a foundational overview of the means by which the United States (and, to a more limited extent in coverage, other peer nations) endeavor to protect children from child maltreatment and related harms. Readers will be exposed to the best evidence available on the ways that child welfare and ancillary services operate and the results they achieve. This entails a comprehensive review of recent scholarship on scores of child welfare topics.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Jonson-Reid, Melissa; Garcia, Antonio R.; Greeson, Johanna; Gyourko, John; and Drake, Brett, "Understanding Child Welfare" (2026). Faculty Scholarship. 20.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/faculty-submissions/20