The book of David : how preserving families can cost children's lives
Richard J. Gelles was once one of the most widely published and vocal defenders of family preservation--keeping troubled families together--as a primary goal of social policy. But everything changed when he ran into the tragic case of David Edwards, an infant who was murdered by his mother after falling through the chasms in the child welfare system. Using David's story as a starting point, Gelles eloquently argues that these children must be tak...
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