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Duncan Lindsey
Ph.D. in Sociology, Psychiatry and Social Work, Northwestern University Professor of Social Welfare
Phone: (310) 206-2973
Campus Extension: x62973
FAX: 67564
dlindsey@ucla.edu |
Professor Lindsey's central
concern is to examine our collective effort to provide and care for children
as expressed in public policy and social welfare legislation. When the
child welfare field emerged as the major public instrument for addressing
the needs of disadvantaged children, it lacked a scientific tradition.
Policies and programs relied on good intentions and moral purpose. Dr.
Lindsey's research seeks to contribute to the development of an empirical
knowledge base that would permit building a rational and effective child
welfare system. His areas of study have included decision-making in foster
care, child abuse fatalities, child support and welfare reform.
Professor Lindsey is Editor-in-Chief
of Children and Youth Services Review, the major research journal
in child welfare (published by Pergamon Press/Elsevier Science Press).
His second edition of his book, The Welfare of Children, was just
released by Oxford University Press. Professor Lindsey is the 2003 winner
of the ProHumanitate Medal.
Professor Lindsey served as
Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, 2002-2003. Visit his website: http://www.childwelfare.com
Research Interests:
Public child welfare; children and social policy; welfare reform. Editor of Children and Youth Services Review; general editor of Child Welfare book series, Oxford University Press.
Selected Publications:
Lindsey, D. (2002). “Building a Research Journal in Child Welfare,”
Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 24, 881-883.
Martin, S., & Lindsey, D. (2002). “Deepening Child Poverty:
The Not So Good News about Welfare Reform,” Children and Youth Services
Review, Vol. 25, 165-176.
Lindsey, D., Martin, S., & Doh, J. (2002). “The Failure of Intensive
Casework Services to Reduce Foster Care Placements: An Examination of
Family Preservation Studies," Children and Youth Services Review,
Vol. 24, 743-775. This article was awarded the 2003 ProHumanitate Medal,
the highest award in the field, by a peer jury review.
Martin, S., & Lindsey, D. (2002). "The Impact of Welfare Reform
on Children: An Introduction" Children and Youth Services Review,
Vol. 24 (2002): 743-775.
Moses, T., Weaver, D., Furman, W., & Lindsey, D. (2003). “Computerization
and Job Attitudes in Child Welfare,” with Tally Moses, Dale Weaver,
and Walter Furman in Administration in Social Work, 27, 47-68..
Weaver, D., Moses, T., Furman, W., & Lindsey, D. (2003). “The
Effects of Computerization on Public Child Welfare Practice," Journal
of Social Service Research, Vol. 29, 67-80.
Lindsey, D. (2003). The Welfare of Children. Second Edition. New York:
Oxford University Press.
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