num_pages: 293
description: This first-person, emotional account of a child protection service worker in New York State gives the reader an intimate look at all aspects of handling child abuse 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!
language: English
title: Tender Mercies: Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator
titlecomplete: Tender Mercies: Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator
genres: Memoir
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Child Welfare League of Amer