| Wasted: The Plight of America's Unwanted Children Contributor(s): Murphy, Patrick T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566631637 ISBN-13: 9781566631631 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $22.28 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: The public guardian of Cook County, Illinois, charges that the child welfare bureaucracy, designed to help children, is instead helping to destroy them. Murphy explains the facts and failures of the child welfare system--and offers solutions--better than any expert I've ever read on the subject....A first-rate read--poignant and instructive. --Edward I. Koch |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General |
| Dewey: 362.709 |
| LCCN: 97-8978 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.92" W x 8.49" (0.82 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The public guardian of Cook County, Illinois, charges that the child welfare bureaucracy, designed to help children, is instead helping to destroy them. Murphy explains the facts and failures of the child welfare system-and offers solutions-better than any expert I've ever read on the subject....A first-rate read-poignant and instructive. -Edward I. Koch |
