Abusive Policies: How the American Child Welfare System Lost Its Way

by Mical Raz

Book Overview

In the early 1970s, a new wave of public service announcements urged parents to "help end an American tradition" of child abuse. The message, relayed repeatedly over television and radio, urged abusive parents to seek help. Support groups for parents, including Parents Anonymous, proliferated across the country to deal with the seemingly burgeoning crisis. At the same time, an ever-increasing number of abused children were reported to child welfare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469661217
• ISBN13: 9781469661216
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"