Removing a child: A painfully imperfect calculation
Date
2024-02-15
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ALM
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Abstract
There are too many instances of child welfare officials leaving children with their families when later catastrophic events suggest that a removal from that environment could have been protective, or even life-saving. •However, the opposite is also true. There are abundant instances of children being removed from their families when evidence necessitating removal was lacking, or even when actual evidence indicated that the family should have been left alone.
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child abuse, child welfare, separation of families, Child Protective Services (CPS), child removal, child fatalities
Citation
Pollack, D., & Krase, K. (2024, February 15). Removing a child: A painfully imperfect calculation.