{"product_id":"torn-apart-how-the-child-welfare-system-destroys-black-families-and-how-abolition-can-build-a-safer-world-paperback","title":"Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and offers a \"a brilliant and impassioned call for abolition\" (Michelle Alexander, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart \u003c\/i\u003euncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a \"family policing system\" that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart \u003c\/i\u003eargues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Prize for Current Interest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society. The author of five books, including Killing the Black Body, she lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756874686797,"sku":"9781541675469","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/yx0hPBK8qJ9781541675469.webp?v=1776754681","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/torn-apart-how-the-child-welfare-system-destroys-black-families-and-how-abolition-can-build-a-safer-world-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}