The DeShaney case : child abuse, family rights, and the dilemma of state intervention

The DeShaney case : child abuse, family rights, and the dilemma of state intervention /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curry, Lynne
Corporate Author: Winnebago County (Wis.). Department of Social Services
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2007]
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
DeShaney, Melody > Trials, litigation, etc.
DeShaney, Joshua, > 1979-
DeShaney, Melody.
Winnebago County (Wis.). > Department of Social Services > Trials, litigation, etc.
Winnebago County (Wis.). > Department of Social Services.
Child abuse > Law and legislation > United States.
Due process of law > United States.
Child abuse > Law and legislation.
Child abuse.
Due process of law.
United States.
Wisconsin > Winnebago County.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Joshua's story
  • 2. Child protection in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
  • 3. The crime of child abuse
  • 4. DeShaney v. Winnebago County in the lower courts
  • 5. DeShaney v. Winnebago County in the U.S. Supreme Court
  • 6. "Poor Joshua!" DeShaney v. Winnebago County in the court of public opinion
  • Chronology.

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