num_pages: 384
description: With the narrative force of an epic novel and the urgency of first-rate investigative journalism, this important book delves into the daily workings and life-or-death decisions of a typical American family court system. It provides an intimate look at the lives of the parents and children whose fate it decides. A must for social workers and social work students, attorneys, judges, foster parents, law students, child advocates, teachers, journalists and anyone who cares about our nation's children.
language: English
title: Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, The Kids, and The Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families
titlecomplete: Somebody Else's Children: The Courts, The Kids, and The Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families
genres: Fostering, Nonfiction, Psychology
ratings_count: 111
publisher: iUniverse