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Policing not protecting families : the child welfare system as poverty governance / edited by Jennifer Randles and Kerry Woodward.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Critical perspectives on youth.
- Critical perspectives on youth series ; v.15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor children--Government policy--United States.
- Poor children.
- Poor families--Services for--United States.
- Poor families.
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Policing Not Providing: The Child Welfare System as Poverty Governance critically analyzes how the U.S. child welfare system surveils and polices poor families, especially poor Black and Native families, rather than meeting families' basic needs or protecting children from harm"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781479820634
- 1479820636
- OCLC:
- 1482463004
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