Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework - Laugh to Get Through It Or Cry Forever

This book explores how gallows humor is used among child welfare caseworkers and what the use of humor, and gallows humor, reveals about how employees experience stress and manage their emotions.

List of contents

Contents
Chapter 1. Stuck in a Police Car
Chapter 2. Understanding the Child Welfare Caseworker
Chapter 3. Why So Funny?
Chapter 4. What's So Funny?
Chapter 5. Humor amid Groups
Chapter 6. The Battle of the Caseworkers
Chapter 7. Humor in Motion
Methodological Appendix
References
About the Authors

About the author

Lisa N. Landram is a journalist specializing in Public Safety at the Daily News-Record in Virginia. She is also field director of the Master of Science in Psychology program and adjunct professor at Bridgewater College.
Christian Vaccaro is professor of sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

This book explores how gallows humor is used among child welfare caseworkers and what the use of humor, and gallows humor, reveals about how employees experience stress and manage their emotions.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa N Landram, Lisa N. Landram, Christian A Vaccaro, Christian A. Vaccaro, Vaccaro Christian A.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9781666904369
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-436-9
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social Work, Child welfare, Sociology: work & labour, Child welfare and youth services, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General