Murder and social work

Bibliographic Data

ID11958733
AuthorsAnnette Riley (a Royal North Shore Hospital , Sydney , New South Wales, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume49
Issue2
Pages37-43
Publication date1996-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03124079608411172
OpenAlexW2057936954
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

‘Practice Forum’ is intended to provide a forum for social work practitioners to share their practice with others; to describe what they are doing and assess its effectiveness. We extend an invitation to all social work practitioners to submit articles for ‘Practice Forum’ and we look forward to receiving your contribution. The philosophical base of traditional social work theory and practice is influenced by modernist concepts of people and their social world. This sometimes fails social workers when they face dilemmas in their work, for modernism cannot account for the range of responses workers find themselves making. The paper argues that ideas from postmodernism can provide a framework in which taken-for-granted ideas can be deconstructed and reworked. Social work intervention with a mother who murdered her young child provides an opportunity to examine some of the ideas that postmodernism embraces. These ideas can provide workers with a voice with which to express the inconsistencies and concerns they experience when dealing with extraordinary events

Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Postmodernism · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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