Family group conferencing (FCG) is an increasingly popular intervention with social workers worldwide that emphasizes the strengths and potentialities of families, community organizations and public agencies in resolving issues that confront family members. Widening the Circle examines and analyzes FGC principles and how they promote the three pathways to protecting children, youths, and their families-family leadership, cultural safety, and community partnerships. Based on the authors' extensive experience in the United States and Canada, the practices presented apply primarily in child welfare, but also extend into juvenile justice and domestic violence. In this well-written and clearly organized volume, Pennell and Anderson and their collaborators have given the social work profession an important text that will enrich the work of practitioners, researchers, and students faced with the challenges of helping families in contemporary society.