John E. B. Myers
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195169355
- eISBN:
- 9780199893348
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195169355.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families, Crime and Justice
The year 1875 gave birth to organized child protection. The previous year, Etta Wheeler, a religious missionary to the poor in New York City, discovered a little girl named Mary Ellen who was cruelly ...
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The year 1875 gave birth to organized child protection. The previous year, Etta Wheeler, a religious missionary to the poor in New York City, discovered a little girl named Mary Ellen who was cruelly beaten and neglected by her guardians. Wheeler decided to rescue Mary Ellen, but there was no agency responsible for child protection. Wheeler convinced Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, to assist Mary Ellen. With Bergh's assistance, Mary Ellen was rescued. The next year, Bergh and his attorney, Elbridge Gerry, founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the world's first organization dedicated specifically to protecting children from maltreatment. Non-governmental child protection societies spread across America.Less
The year 1875 gave birth to organized child protection. The previous year, Etta Wheeler, a religious missionary to the poor in New York City, discovered a little girl named Mary Ellen who was cruelly beaten and neglected by her guardians. Wheeler decided to rescue Mary Ellen, but there was no agency responsible for child protection. Wheeler convinced Henry Bergh, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, to assist Mary Ellen. With Bergh's assistance, Mary Ellen was rescued. The next year, Bergh and his attorney, Elbridge Gerry, founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the world's first organization dedicated specifically to protecting children from maltreatment. Non-governmental child protection societies spread across America.
Rosemary Gordon
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861342386
- eISBN:
- 9781447302032
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861342386.003.0008
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter presents commentaries on the cases of direct social work with the children presented in the previous chapters from a practitioner's perspective. It suggests that Patrick Lonergan failed ...
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This chapter presents commentaries on the cases of direct social work with the children presented in the previous chapters from a practitioner's perspective. It suggests that Patrick Lonergan failed to recognise that the issues of separation and loss and transitions of his patient currently mirrored his own life. It commends Mary Cody's review of attachment theory and the development of defence mechanisms to understand the causes of her patient's destructive behaviour and lack of impulse-control.Less
This chapter presents commentaries on the cases of direct social work with the children presented in the previous chapters from a practitioner's perspective. It suggests that Patrick Lonergan failed to recognise that the issues of separation and loss and transitions of his patient currently mirrored his own life. It commends Mary Cody's review of attachment theory and the development of defence mechanisms to understand the causes of her patient's destructive behaviour and lack of impulse-control.
