title: Local realities: a frontier perspective on child protection team practice.
abstract: This article presents a case study of a child protection team in a frontier county in Montana. Narratives from individual and group interviews highlight team members' experiences and the structuring of team practice in their frontier community, the power and challenge of community culture and history, and the interplay of constructions of children and child abuse as key elements that influence and shape team practice. This exploration suggests a framework for rethinking child protection team practice in diverse locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, University of Montana, Missoula, USA.
authors.forename: Maxine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009009:Montana; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012947:Social Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data