Fixing the Poor

Fixing the Poor
Author: Molly Ladd-Taylor
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2017-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421423723

Combining innovative political analysis with a compelling social history of those caught up in Minnesota's welfare system, Fixing the Poor is a powerful reinterpretation of eugenic sterilization.

Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System

Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System
Author: Alan J. Dettlaff
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2020-11-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030543145

This volume examines existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems, the underlying factors that contribute to these phenomena and the harms that result at both the individual and community levels. It reviews multiple forms of interventions designed to prevent and reduce disproportionality, particularly in states and jurisdictions that have seen meaningful change. With contributions from authorities and leaders in the field, this volume serves as the authoritative volume on the complex issue of child maltreatment and child welfare. It offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking understanding on how structural and institutional racism can be addressed in public systems.

Child Welfare and Social Action in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Child Welfare and Social Action in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Author: Jon Lawrence
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780853236863

This collection of twelve essays represents an important contribution to the understanding of child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They challenge many assumptions about the history of childhood and child welfare policy and cover a variety of themes including the physical and sexual abuse of children, forced child migration and role of the welfare state.