Tender Mercies: Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator

Type

Book

Authors

Richards ( Keith Richards )

ISBN 10

1879360071

ISBN 13

9781879360075

Tags

child maltreatment, interviewing victims, court, Psychology, Social Work, child welfare system

Abstract

first-person, emotional account of a child protection service worker in New York State

Description

The reader gets an intimate look at all aspects of handling child abuse cases: interviewing parents who have been accused of abusing their children, talking to abused children removed from their parents' guardianship, working with an uncaring system ironically designed with the best of intentions, and keeping up with the mounds of paperwork each case generates. Lucid and disturbing, eloquent and passionate, Tender Mercies is a must-read for professionals and laypeople alike!

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