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Fixing Families
Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
Copyright Year 2005
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In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of a case to its discharge, Reich shows how parents negotiate with the state for custody of their children, and how being held accountable to the state affects a family.
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Jennifer A. Reich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver.