Client neglect stems from nonvoluntary dependency, not worker class prejudice alone

Evidence

If we must develop such a capacity at an early age, two potentially large groups are at a cruel disadvantage: those whose early years are spent in fractured conditions of caprice and neglect, as in the case of many children of American inner-city communities wrecked by poverty, drugs, and broken families, and those who have suffered substantial abuse in their early years from the very persons who might have provided the first experience of trustworthiness. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 541 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Poor clients’ agency involvement is nonvoluntary when no real alternatives exist; Claims of client incapacity rest on untested assumptions rather than nurtured-involvement experience; Early neglect and abuse cripple the capacity to trust that requires early development — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 541 (+1 more)

Broader Connections