Citation

Morrison F, Cree V, Ruch G, Winter KM, Hadfield M, Hallett S. Childhood 2019; 26(1): 98-112.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0907568218810101

PMID

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Abstract

This article examines children's agency in their interactions with social workers during statutory encounters in a child protection context. It draws from a UK-wide ethnographic study. It finds that much of social workers' responses to children's agency in this context are best understood as a form of 'containment'. In doing so, it offers an original and significant contribution to the theoretical understanding of children's agency, as well as its application in social work practice.

Language: en