{"id":2,"date":"2014-01-13T21:10:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T21:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-01-31T21:13:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T21:13:48","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Culture of Fear: An Inside Look at Los Angeles County&#8217;s Department of Children &#038; Family Services by Julian J. Dominguez, LMFT and Melinda Murphy, M.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/978-1-62857-210-0-DominguezMurphyCover.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-8\" alt=\"978-1-62857-210-0-DominguezMurphyCover\" src=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/978-1-62857-210-0-DominguezMurphyCover.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/978-1-62857-210-0-DominguezMurphyCover.jpg 576w, https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/978-1-62857-210-0-DominguezMurphyCover-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a>About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This book is very unique by all measures. It is meant to serve as a starting point to evoke meaningful dialogue resulting in reform and needed change inside the largest child protective services agency in the country, Los Angeles County\u2019s Department of Children &amp; Family Services (DCFS).<\/p>\n<p><em>A Culture of Fear<\/em> takes you inside the agency as it exposes some of the most serious deficiencies. Julian J. Dominguez and Melinda Murphy, current and former DCFS employees, respectively, detail systemic core issues that include a lack of integrity in DCFS court report writing. They also tell how reunification of families is marginalized or set aside while other personal or political priorities take precedence. Departmental positions, personality conflicts, prejudices, and \u201ccover your ass at all costs\u201d tend to rule.<\/p>\n<p>The authors shine a light on the valiant struggles of social workers, and tell how values can stray far from the agency\u2019s publicly proclaimed mission, which is to protect children and reunify families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Murphy-Melinda-and-Julian-Dominguez-A-Culture-of-Fear-An-Inside-Look-at-Los-Angeles-Countys-Department-of-Child-and-Family-Services-PR-Final.pdf\">View the Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Julian-J.-Dominguez-LMFT-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6\" alt=\"Julian J. Dominguez, LMFT\" src=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Julian-J.-Dominguez-LMFT--286x300.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Julian-J.-Dominguez-LMFT--286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Julian-J.-Dominguez-LMFT-.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>Julian J. Dominguez, LMFT<\/strong>, received his master\u2019s degree from Chapman University in marriage, family, and child counseling. He is a licensed MFT and his specialties include child welfare, sexual assault, vicarious trauma, and critical incident debriefing. He has worked for DCFS since 1996. As a family group decision-making practitioner, he facilitated over 1,500 family and emancipation conferences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Melinda-Murphy-M.A..jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7\" alt=\"Melinda Murphy, M.A.\" src=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/julianjdominguezandmelindamurphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2014\/01\/Melinda-Murphy-M.A.-297x300.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Melinda Murphy, M.A.<\/strong>, worked in child welfare for over 20 years. She is currently a social work investigator with a nonprofit agency in Los Angeles. She earned her master\u2019s at the University of Nevada, Reno, was a caseworker with Children of the Night, which helped get children in prostitution and pornography off the streets of Hollywood, and then worked with DCFS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Book This book is very unique by all measures. It is meant to serve as a starting point to evoke meaningful dialogue resulting in reform and needed change inside the largest child protective services agency in the country, Los Angeles County\u2019s Department of Children &amp; Family Services (DCFS). 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