A critical introduction to the Troubled Families Programme (TFP), this book explores the roots, significance, and effectiveness of troubled family approaches in social work. An important strand of government social policy, the TFP gives rise to a number of ethical and political questions about assertive outreach, choice, use of power and eliding the structural inequalities which, it is often argued, largely account for the difficulties troubled families face. This book debates these issues, offers an examination of the systematic framework which underpins it and looks at the initiative in a broader context.