Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families

Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled FamiliesWith the narrative force of an epic novel and the urgency of first rate investigative journalism, this important book delves into the daily workings and life or death decisions of a typical American family court system. It provides an intimate look at the lives of the parents and children whose fate it decides. A must for social workers and social work students, attorneys, judges, foster parents, law students, child advocates, teachers, journalists

With the narrative force of an epic novel and the urgency of first-rate investigative journalism, this important book delves into the daily workings and life-or-death decisions of a typical American family court system. It provides an intimate look at the lives of the parents and children whose fate it decides. A must for social workers and social work students, attorneys, judges, foster parents, law students, child advocates, teachers, journalists and anyone who cares about our nation's children.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 10/30/2003
ISBN: 9780595300785
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.60w x 0.98d