America's foster care system has a noble goal - to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families - but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.
This account of six families whose children were wrongly seized by child protection services vividly illustrates the constitutional balancing act where medicine, family interests, and child safety can clash.
The child protective system (CPS), shaped by federal law forty years ago and run on the state and county levels in the United States, offered in utopian fashion the hope of preventing all possible child abuse or neglect.
Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people.
A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.
Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.
A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the Sunday Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer'There's a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts.
The child protective system (CPS), shaped by federal law forty years ago and run on the state and county levels in the United States, offered in utopian fashion the hope of preventing all possible child abuse or neglect.
The Ambiguity of Consent: Consent Puzzles in Film, Television, Public Discourse, and the Law explores the complex, often-contradictory nature of consent in contemporary society.
The Ambiguity of Consent: Consent Puzzles in Film, Television, Public Discourse, and the Law explores the complex, often-contradictory nature of consent in contemporary society.
This edited collection brings together a range of experts on surrogacy, at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations.
This contemporary and creative textbook takes the fear out of learning law, and enables students to apply it to their social work practice with confidence.
This edited collection brings together a range of experts on surrogacy, at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations.
This contemporary and creative textbook takes the fear out of learning law, and enables students to apply it to their social work practice with confidence.
Taking a fresh and modern approach, Contemporary Family Law: Principles and Practice gives students all the information they need to develop a clear understanding of this fascinating area of the law.
This unique text is an accessible and practical guide addressing legal and related issues stemming from the deprivation of liberty of children and young people.
This unique text is an accessible and practical guide addressing legal and related issues stemming from the deprivation of liberty of children and young people.
Taking a fresh and modern approach, Contemporary Family Law: Principles and Practice gives students all the information they need to develop a clear understanding of this fascinating area of the law.
Das Spannungsverhältnis von elterlichen und kindlichen Rechten und Pflichten hält nicht nur die juristische Fachliteratur und Rechtsprechung seit Jahrzehnten in Atem.
This book points to a crisis at the heart of modern family law's treatment of "e;collaborative family-making"e;: gamete contributions, surrogate motherhood, adoption, functional parenthood, foster care, and kin caregiving.
