Poor Joshua
The DeShaney Case and Child Abuse in America
Tells the story of a tragic Supreme Court decision involving child abuse and what might be done to rectify it.In DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, a bitterly divided Supreme Court rejected a claim brought on behalf of five-year old Joshua DeShaney, left permanently disabled after sustained abuse, despite regular home visits by social workers charged with monitoring his welfare. In its decision the court asserted that the state has no duty to shield citizens from private violence, even those involved in their lives and knowing of their distress. Poor Joshua tracks the story from its origins in small town Wisconsin to…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4384-7050-4
- EAN: 9781438470504
- Produktnummer: 35061273
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 611 KB
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