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Golden, Renny

Disposable children : America's child welfare system / Renny Golden ; foreword by Jonathan Kozol. - Wadsworth Pub., c1997. - xvi, 240 p. ; 24 cm. - Wadsworth contemporary issues in crime and justice series . - Contemporary issues in crime and justice series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Whose family values? Whose best interests? --
Who is saved? --
Poverty's child --
An American tragedy: disposable children --
Stubborn children and vagabonds --
Child saving institutionalized --
Advocates and pathfinders --
Chicago: a cargo of lost children: the context for case study --
Family preservation versus children's rights --
Private agencies: the good news and the bad --
Advocates for the unworthiest of the unworthy --
Delivering services or building community --
Community building: resurrecting the disposable.

ISBN: 0534264662 9780534264666

LCCN: 96030784

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child welfare--United States.
Child welfare--Government policy--United States.
Family services--United States.
Social work with children--United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: ბავშვთა კეთილდღეობა - აშშ ბავშვთა კეთილდღეობა - მთავრობის პოლიტიკა -აშშ სერვისები ოჯახებისთვის - აშშ

LC Class. No.: HV741 / .G59 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 362.7/0973

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 36-053.2(73)