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040			_aAFVC
100			_912504 _aCritchley, Ariane
245			_aRisks and representations : _bcreating consensus narratives about risk with pregnant women involved with child protection systems in Aotearoa New Zealand and Scotland _cAriane Critchley and Emily Keddell
260			_bSage, _c2023
500			_aCritical Social Policy, 2023, First published online, 10 December 2023
520			_aSocial work aspires to empowerment ideals, including taking a ‘non-expert’ position of professional curiosity, and validating the perspectives of people in contact with services. Yet in child protection, social workers are involved in practice that refutes the views and opinions of people and are positioned by their role as an identifier of abuse and risk manager. Social workers and people who are subject to child protection services can be locked into meaning battles regarding the effect of parental behaviour and the representation of risks to children. These negotiations over meanings are especially difficult in the pre and perinatal period, where who controls the representation of the baby's voice or best interests is fundamental to decision outcomes. Using Fricker's concept of ‘testimonial injustice’ as an analytical lens, this article draws on studies in two different contexts: Aotearoa New Zealand and Scotland, to examine the implications of the intense mediation of meanings that affect child protection practice. We find that concepts relating to the importance of mothering, love for children, and extended family relationships were sources of mother's disagreements with professional views of risk, but that through qualified agreement or advocacy from community workers, a shared risk narrative could be constructed. (Authors' abstract). Record #8527
650			_aCHILD PROTECTION _9118
650			_aDISABLED PEOPLE _9196
650			_aINFANTS _9313
650			_aMOTHERS _9392
650		4	_9317 _aPEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
650			_aPREGNANCY _9455
650			_aRISK FACTORS _9505
650		4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650			_aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE _9562
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651			_aSCOTLAND _92635
700			_aKeddell, Emily _94218
773	0		_tCritical Social Policy, 2023, First published online, 10 December 2023
830			_aCritical Social Policy _94718
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/02610183231215231 _zDOI: 10.1177/02610183231215231 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews125