Change and Proposed Solutions
Taylor Tomczak
POLS 301
20 May 2013
Change & Proposed Solutions
I began to take interest in the Child Protective Service procedures because of all the neglect I have seen in the news, mainly the Jaycee Dugard ordeal. Another recent Child Protective Service blunder was the case of Ariel Castro, who abducted three girls ten years ago. It’s baffling to me that Child Protective Service case workers can visit a residence and not completely investigate the situation. There have been many circumstances where this has happened, and come to find out, children were being held captive in the home and not discovered until much later. Also, many children have unjustly been removed from homes and placed in far worse environments. Child Protective Services has veered away from helping families to corruption and harming families. These mistakes have also led to the use of children to make money and an overall failure to protect our children. Many changes need to be made to make Child Protective Services a reliable, lawful and respectable organization again.
In the past, child protection wasn’t a governmental function. The welfare of children was a family and or private matter. The poor and needy children were separated from family and sent to institutions which were run by private organizations. The focus of Child Protective Services later shifted from separation of family to keeping the family together. That is when the private organizations vanished and Child Protective Services began to favor government control.
Government control of issues is not always a good thing, and as history has proved, mistakes are made when government intervenes. The Child Protective Services system today is by no means perfect. Because of these governmental mistakes, corruption is allowed to creep in. In order to fix the problems associated with Child Protective Services, we have to take a deeper look at what is wrong with the system.
While the main goal of Child
POLS 301
20 May 2013
Change & Proposed Solutions
I began to take interest in the Child Protective Service procedures because of all the neglect I have seen in the news, mainly the Jaycee Dugard ordeal. Another recent Child Protective Service blunder was the case of Ariel Castro, who abducted three girls ten years ago. It’s baffling to me that Child Protective Service case workers can visit a residence and not completely investigate the situation. There have been many circumstances where this has happened, and come to find out, children were being held captive in the home and not discovered until much later. Also, many children have unjustly been removed from homes and placed in far worse environments. Child Protective Services has veered away from helping families to corruption and harming families. These mistakes have also led to the use of children to make money and an overall failure to protect our children. Many changes need to be made to make Child Protective Services a reliable, lawful and respectable organization again.
In the past, child protection wasn’t a governmental function. The welfare of children was a family and or private matter. The poor and needy children were separated from family and sent to institutions which were run by private organizations. The focus of Child Protective Services later shifted from separation of family to keeping the family together. That is when the private organizations vanished and Child Protective Services began to favor government control.
Government control of issues is not always a good thing, and as history has proved, mistakes are made when government intervenes. The Child Protective Services system today is by no means perfect. Because of these governmental mistakes, corruption is allowed to creep in. In order to fix the problems associated with Child Protective Services, we have to take a deeper look at what is wrong with the system.
While the main goal of Child
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