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Pelton, Leroy Howard was born on April 30, 1940 in New York City. Son of Myer and Rose (Stein) Pelton.
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This work is devoted to analyzing three major frames of justice--group justice, individual desert, and life affirmation--and their implications for social policy as well as their reflections in contemporary social policies. Pelton finds that all three frames of justice are reflected in the Bible and, later, the Koran. He contends that there is no evidence in the Bible of a genesis or development from one frame of justice to another. Rather, a sense of justice has existed in the human mind from time immemorial, with the three frames coexisting and manifesting themselves in both inter- and intra-group relations. The prominence of one frame over another at any particular point in history or in a particular geographical location is influenced by a variety of factors, though it is ultimately open to human choice. Pelton compares and contrasts the philosophies of nonviolence and liberalism in regard to the frames, and explores the relationships between principle, sentiment, reason, justice, and policy. He discusses social science's problematic relationship to justice in policymaking--for instance, how scholars have focused more on the effectiveness of policies, largely in terms of statistical outcomes reflecting aggregate data analyses, than on their justice. He goes on to explore in depth how frames of justice give direction to social policies, including those of genocide. Frames of Justice is an outstanding work that analyzes the question of justice and social policy, while simultaneously exploring the notion of desert in religion, philosophy, and legislation--especially within the context of the moral question of the relationship between means and ends--and contrasting it with the principle of life affirmation.
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The public child welfare system has been increasingly attacked for failing to implement long-standing national policies, especially family preservation. Pelton, a social work educator, continues this attack, but in a uniquely comprehensive, coherent, and compelling manner. His well-documented critique focuses on the philosophical underpinnings and internal workings of public child welfare, especially its medicalization of child abuse; inappropriate out-of-home placement of children for reasons of poverty; excessive reliance on foster care; and dysfunctional dual structure (investigative versus helping roles). . . . His analysis is powerful and provocative and should be required reading for all engaged or interested in child welfare. Choice This volume reveals how the modern public child welfare system and its forerunners have failed to serve professed child welfare policies that have been enunciated from the beginning of this century to the present. The basic dynamics, operational structure, and direction of the child welfare system are thoroughly scrutinized by Pelton with the intent of promoting productive controversy. One of the central issues discussed by the book is the separation of children from their parents by child welfare agencies. Evidence is presented that shows that, throughout this century, child removal has survived as a major tactic in regard to child welfare problems despite a long-standing policy of family preservation. This is the only book to be critical not only of the child welfare system, but of recent attempts to improve it, namely, the permanency planning movement. It is also the only one to propose an entirely new structure for the child welfare system. For Reasons of Poverty begins with a historical review of child welfare through the twentieth century and then examines the crusade against child abuse. Next, the book covers the foster care system, the permanency planning movement, and the dual role of the child welfare system. The last chapter of the volume focuses on a plan for restructuring the child welfare system in the United States, which Pelton believes could be realistically accomplished within the larger ongoing economic and social welfare policy context. This book should be of particular interest to child welfare administrators in public and private agencies and to child welfare advocates and social workers. Additionally, it contains information applicable to a number of different fields, including social work, public policy, sociology, and psychology.
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Pelton, Leroy Howard was born on April 30, 1940 in New York City. Son of Myer and Rose (Stein) Pelton.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Psychology, City University of New York, 1961. Master of Arts in Psychology, New School for Social Research, 1963. Master of Social Work, Rutgers University, 1985.
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Wayne State University, 1966.
Assistant professor, State University of New York, Albany, 1966-1973; assistant professor, Susquehanna U., Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 1973-1975; program development specialist, New Jersey Division Youth and Family Superior vena cava syndrome, Trenton, 1975-1979; special assistant to director, New Jersey Division Youth and Family Superior vena cava syndrome, Trenton, 1979-1981; research associate, Association for Children New Jersey, Newark, 1981-1982; director child welfare, Vera Institute Justice, New York City, 1982-1983; policy and planning specialist, New Jersey Common for Blind and Visually Impaired, Newark, 1984-1986; visiting lecturer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985-1986; visiting associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986-1987; professor social work, Salem (Massachusetts) State College, 1987-1997; professor, director School Social Work, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1997.
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( The public child welfare system has been increasingly a...)
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