Nobody's children : abuse and neglect, foster drift, and the adoption alternative

Nobody's children : abuse and neglect, foster drift, and the adoption alternative / Elizabeth Bartholet.

Author/creator	Bartholet, Elizabeth
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Boston : Beacon Press, ©1999.
Description	viii, 304 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Child welfare--Government policy --United States. Child abuse--United States. Children--Institutional care --United States. Foster home care--United States. Adoption--United States. Kinship care--United States.

Contents	The inherited tradition: parenting rights and state wrongs -- The politics -- Modern-day orphans -- Underintervention vs. overintervention -- Traditional programs weather the storm -- "New" programs promote traditional ideas -- Intervening early with home visitation -- Taking adoption seriously -- Substance abuse -- Race, poverty, and historic injustice.
Local note	Little-326516--305131020178V
Local note	Little-326516--305131020178V
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-291) and index.
LCCN	99022976
ISBN	0807023183 (cl : acid-free paper)

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