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Fixing Families: Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
Author(s): Jennifer A. Reich (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 30 Oct. 2005
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 041594726X
- ISBN-13: 9780415947268
Book Description
In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of a case to its discharge, Reich shows how parents negotiate with the state for custody of their children, and how being held accountable to the state affects a family.
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About the Author
Jennifer A. Reich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver.
