Editorial Review

This is one powerful book: it will grab you with vivid stories about individual kids, draw you in with honesty and compassion, and amaze you with alarming details about how the juvenile justice system works (or rather, doesn't work) in America. Anyone interested in the problem of crime should read Edward Humes's gripping account of how future criminals are shaped in youth, and how the system misses its chance to help them before they're lost for good. As Richard Bernstein writes in the Read more

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Well-written, insightful, enlightening
Written over the course of one year in LA's juvenile court system, this book is very enlightening to the plight of our kids in detention and on the streets. It has recently been reported that less than 10% of Florida's almost $709 million juvenile justice budget is spent on prevention. I hope to do my personal part to change this in my community, by supporting intervention programs for at-risk youth.

Everyone Should Read This
This book is so SOOO depressing. And we deserve to feel that way about our Juvenile Justice system. Everyone remotely attached to criminal law or children should read this.

Indepth, insightful story by a gifted author
No Matter How Loud I Shout reads like a novel. It is an incredibly well written and compassionate view of the life of some of the country's forgotten "children".I really enjoyed it as well as "Baby ER" also by Mr. Humes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration of justice    2. California    3. Child Advocacy    4. Juvenile courts    5. Juvenile justice, Administration of    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal System    8. Penology    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Sociology - General    12. Penology & punishment    13. Social Science / Sociology / General    14. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Children    3. Children's rights    4. Domestic Relations - Children    5. Family Law - Children    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal status, laws, etc    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Parent and child (Law)    11. United States    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Human rights    14. Law / Domestic Relations / Children   

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Crime prevention    3. Criminology    4. Juvenile delinquency    5. Juvenile delinquents    6. Prevention    7. Rehabilitation    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Causes & prevention of crime    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues    13. Social Science / Criminology   

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Civil commitment of sex offenders    3. Criminal Law - General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc.    7. Public Policy - General    8. Sex crimes    9. Sex offenders    10. United States    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Criminal law    13. Sexual abuse    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Child Advocacy    3. Christianity - Christian Life - Social Issues    4. Christianity - Church Administration - General    5. Law    6. Religion - Ministry & Pastoral Resources    7. Child abuse    8. Religion: general   

Subjects:  1. Briefs    2. Child Advocacy    3. Law    4. Legal composition    5. Moot courts    6. United States    7. Family law   

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What every family judge, attorney, and parent should read
The author, who happens to be a judge, writes from the unique point of view of the child's interest -- not the mother's, father's, attorney's or GAL's (the latter two who usually run the show in family court). While it's well-known that most divorces are won by whoever has the most money and the best-connected lawyer (still, about money and paybacks to courts and judges - yes, it's a fact!) -- it's wonderful to discover that there are still a few wise people out there who care about the children involved. Mason's book demysifies The Custody Wars brilliantly.
The thesis of Berkeley Law Professor Mary Ann Mason's highly readable and powerfully argued The Custody Wars is that the U.S. legal system fails to provide adequate representation and concern for the interests of childrenin custody disputes.Judiciously articulated irony abounds, as when Masonexposes the court system's vulnerability to the cynically utilizedself-interest of many middle/upper class fathers and mothers for whomparenting is on the back burner.On the other hand, it is equally ironicthat parents of both genders who practice self-sacrificism (not healthy,involved parenting) are sometimes the most childishly selfish in insistingupon their entitlement, regardless of the child's feelings.We learn ofchildren whose lives are ridiculously fragmented and enervated by jointcustody shuttlings, and yet we also hear of children who have benefitedfrom the arrangement, thanks in large measure to the parents' maturity. As evidenced by the specificity and nuanced analysis in her case studies,Mason's scrupulous fairness and flexibility in offering parameters ofjudgment about custodial fitness are rooted in compassion for the child'swell-being.She simultaneously seeks reasonably objective standards whilerealizing how difficult they are to determine, especially on ideologicalbattlefields.Hers is wisdom unavailable to radical relativists or thetheologically impaired. To note only two of many fine examples of her clearthinking about how the court system can be changed to make custodydecisions more child-centered, Mason proposes that judges be educated inchild development and that reviews of custody arrangements be mandated whenthe child is 7 and 12.Professor Mason has much of interest forvarious potential readerships.There are chapters on the unwed father,stepparents, domestic violence, gay and lesbian parents, and "testtube troubles."Mason's argument merits serious attention from abroad spectrum of policy-makers, academics, and warring couples andex-couples.In fact, as a friend of mine, a single mother faced withabsurd demands from a father with an abysmal track record, declared,"This book should be required reading for every couple consideringmarriage or children." ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Child support    3. Children's rights    4. Conflict Resolution    5. Custody of children    6. Divorce & Separation    7. Family & Relationships    8. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    9. Family/Marriage    10. Law and legislation    11. United States    12. English law: family law    13. Family law    14. USA   

Editorial Review

Kindergartners with AIDS in Romania. Homeless children living in the tombs of Cairo and the sewers of Mexico City. Teenage prostitutes in Bangkok. Kids enslaved in Indian factories. Kids with guns on the mean streets of Northern Ireland. No question about it, the stark black and white images in Stan Grossfeld's book are gut wrenching--perhaps none more so than the child of the Gaza Strip holding her glass eye, its empty socket staring back at you. Yet this powerful and provocative book about the plight of millions of young people is as difficult to put down as it is to look at. At that, it could well set new standards in photojournalism. ... Read more

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Heartwrenching -- Superb
I have owned this book for a few years and turn to it again and again.It is filled with photos in black and white of children from various parts of the world who are on their last legs.For me the most touching image is opposite a foreward from Mother Teresa.It is a picture of an Ethiopian mother and a beautiful child waiting for food in a refugee camp.The child is skin and bones.The love between the mother and child goes straight to the heart.The caption explains that the child died later that day.In her foreward, Mother Teresa says that the "children in these pictures speak to us."Indeed they do.

a book of questions
Every child in these pictures asks questions.Why don't I have a home?Why do I live in a car?In this camp?Why is my mother crying?Why is everything broken?Why is the refrigerator empty?Why do I need help breathing?Why is the air so bad?Why did I die before I could grow up?Why am I in a coffin?Why are there so many coffins?Why must I be a prostitute?Who are these people who come to me?Who keeps the money?Who eats the vegetables I pick?Why do the chemicals make me sick?Who makes the money?Why is the only place I have to live in this sewer?Why do they rape me?Why do people think I'm bad because I sniff glue?Why do I have to work instead of going to school?Why did the soldiers try to kill me?Will my mother still love me even though I lost a hand?An eye?Why do I feel so good when I have this gun?Who paid for the gun?Who will I kill?Why ....? Enlightening and demanding of social action.
I must first begin with admitting that I have not read this book, yet Istill believe that my thoughts are applicable.Over the summer of 1998 Iwas introduced to Mr. Grossfelds work in the form of a lecture/slide show. He revieled much of the content of the book and explained his views on thesubjects at hand.After the show by instict all I could do was sit aloneand question my life, my social awareness and action, and appreciate what awonderful life I was born into.Read more

Subjects:  1. Abused children    2. Child Advocacy    3. Child prostitution    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photography    6. Photojournalism    7. Pictorial works    8. Poor children    9. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    10. Sociology    11. Sociology Of Children    12. Street children    13. Child welfare    14. Photographs: collections   

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Juvenile courts    4. Juvenile justice, Administrati    5. Juvenile justice, Administration of    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. United States    9. Family law   

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I recommend this book to anyone that deals with children.
I found it to be very well written and it contains timeless information for everyone.I am a big advocate of prevention and believe the information found on Page 102, "A Final Word" should be taken to heart by all, especially where it states "Arm yourself with every bit of knowledge available.Set boundaries for your child's activities and behaviors, and be involved in every aspect of their lives ... Protecting the children means protecting the greatest natural resource of any country.Children are the world's future."
Excellent Guidebook on Child Sexual Abuse
While no single book can ecompass EVERYTHING one needs to know about the critical issues of child sexual abuse, Claire Reeves does a fantastic job in her book, "Childhood, It Should Not Hurt!" Being a non-offending mother myself, six years ago I went searching the bookstores for books like these to no avail. I wish I had found this book then. Although difficult in retrospect to read some of the accounts with which I can so readily identify, I find this book to be an excellent guide for non-offending parents and survivors.
ChildHood It Should Not Hurt! Crosses over as a text book for University's
ChildHood It Should Not Hurt! Is becoming widely accepted by both the mental health/Health Care field as well as Law enforcement. Including University's such as James Madison University using Child Hood It Should Not Hurt as a textbook in their Psychology department. As for the only negative Review ChildHood It Should Not Hurt has received posted by Dennis G. Ott of Longview, Washington.Mr. Ott neglects to say that he was the attorney representing a father accused of child sexual abuse, and Ms. Claire R. Reeves was the expert witness who testified on that case.Due to confidentiality no details are available but it suffices to say that the mother who was not accused of abuse retained the custody of the minor child.
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Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Abuse - Sexual    3. Child Advocacy    4. Children's Studies    5. Family & Relationships / Abuse    6. Family & Relationships / Parenting    7. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    8. General    9. Self-Help    10. Child sexual abuse    11. Parenting   

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Yes Virginia, there is a constitution
In this excellent book, an academic page turner, Barnett resurrects and reconstructs the commerce, necessary and proper clause and the ninth amendment and the privileges and immunities clauses as meaningful, judicially enforceable restrictions on
Head & Shoulders above all other Constitutional Scholars
Having read most of the current batch of constitutional scholars, and while respectful of their opinions, I believe that none reach the level of Barnett's understanding of the Constitution and the importance his thesis is to all Americans if we want to protect our freedoms from those internally who would deny we even possess rights as individuals.
Splendid
"Imagine holding up a copy of the Constitution and seeing empty holes in the parchment where these passages once appeared-or seeing ink blots over them."
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Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Government - U.S. Government    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Legal System    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Constitutional & administrative law    8. Law / Child Advocacy    9. Political Science and International Relations    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Child Care/Parenting    3. Custody of children    4. Divorce    5. Divorce settlements    6. Domestic Relations - Children    7. Domestic Relations - Divorce & Separation    8. Domestic Relations Law    9. Family & Relationships    10. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    11. Family Law - Children    12. Family Law - Divorce & Separation    13. Legal Reference / Law Profession    14. Parenting - General    15. Popular works    16. United States   

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A solid resource with which to educate oneself
Knowledgeably written by Philip H. Miller (an expert practicing attorney specializing in media law), and now in its fourth edition featuring new and expanded sections on option agreements, the use of copyrighted materials, developments in Internet law, as well as interactive productions, Media Law For Producers is a straightforward, 399-page guide to legal issues relevant to media projects for theatrical, television, radio, print, or electronic projects from production contracts, to copyright registration for finished programs, and more. Specifically written to be accessible to the non-specialist general reader, and to be as a solid resource with which to educate oneself before consulting with a media attorney who would charge by the hour for his expertise, Media Law For Producers is a "must-have" resource for anyone seriously involved in producing a media project regardless of the subject matter or format. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Copyright    3. Film & Video - Direction & Production    4. Film - Direction & Production    5. Law    6. Law / Practical Guides    7. Law and legislation    8. Motion pictures    9. Performing Arts / Television / Direction & Production    10. Performing Arts/Dance    11. Pop Arts / Pop Culture    12. Taxation    13. Television - Direction & Production    14. United States    15. Video recordings    16. Communications law    17. English law: media & the law (press, radio, television)    18. Performing Arts    19. Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production    20. Practical Guides   

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Three "...Best Interests of the Child" volumes in one book
Very comprehensive, well written, includes all three volumes-Before the Best Interests and Beyond the Best Interests in this one volume. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Family Law - Children    3. Human Services    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Practical Guides    6. Psychology    7. Social Science    8. Law / Domestic Relations / General    9. Social welfare & social services   

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Mandatory Reading for Social Workers
Speaking as a child abuse defense attorney, life would be much easier if social workers would learn the mistakes they can make resulting in false disclosures of child abuse.My job would bemuch easier if the results of these interviews were more reliable.This book shows how and why social workers need to use proper interview techniques. It's a great book from a defense attorney's standpoint to cross-examine a social worker with, but if every state mandated this book as training for social workers in the first place, we would have fewer cases in the system, and more reliable evidence.

Best book for current interview protocols
I wish I had read this book the first day it came out.Very good protocols.Very effective strategies.Speaking as a law enforcementinvestigator assigned to these cases almost exclusively, there is not abetter book I've found yet. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Family Relationships    3. Forensic Psychology    4. Methodology    5. Psychology    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Witnesses    9. Child & developmental psychology   

Editorial Review

At age 12, Shirley Wilder ran away from an abusive home and landed in New York City's foster-care system. By age 13, she was named the plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that challenged the city's 150-year-old system as unconstitutional. At 14, Shirley gave birth to a son, Lamont, who was soon swept up in the same system. This absorbing account by Read more

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The Wisdom to End Foster Care and Orphanages
Once read, it might behoove caring persons to consider whether foster care and orphanages are proper environments for children whose parents are living, and whether even extended relatives are preferable to "kennel care" offered to humans, must less "sentenced" to them. In a modern age, if society cannot cope with the problems and the harms that occur with unwanted children, it's possible that we have been traveling down the wrong social path for some time. Examining the extent to which these environments are necessary, and damaging to children, it might be possible that alternative perspectives might provide solutions that are more family friendly, and salvage responsible, rather than to subject children to these emotionally detached and wrenching environments. It's possible we have been delusional for far too long in recognition of the fact that children are not as resilient as we tend to think they are, and that they were provided with two parents for that reason, because they need the protection, love and nurturing of parents, not just adult strangers. If we consider that it is unhealthy for mental health patients to be warehoused (if we can avoid it), why do we do it with children?

Notable
The Lost Children of Wilder is a historic account of a person's plight to make changes.This book haunts me, because thirty years after the 1973 lawsuit the foster care system still has many changes to be made and the system is still allowing children to fall through the cracks and die.I cry for Shirley Wilder and Lamont.I cry and pray that as a social worker, I can make a difference and not allow children to fall through the cracks. Spellbinding and Depressing
Nina Bernstein's compelling account of the generations of children trapped in the child welfare system kept me up late turning pages...and gave me nightmares of the thousands and thousands of children who are still churning through an overtaxed foster care system that our society doesn't seem to care about. Still almost every week there's another horror story of an abused or neglected kid that fell through the cracks of the "system."Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Child welfare    3. Foster children    4. Human Services    5. Legal status, laws, etc.    6. New York    7. New York (State)    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    10. Social Science    11. Social Work    12. Sociology    13. Social Science / Social Classes   

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Another must-read from Wrightslaw
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is more than just standardized testing.In this book, the Wrightslaw team leads a clear path through NCLB, explaining important aspects such as requirements for qualified staff, the ability for children to transfer from dangerous schools, and more.Although I started out skeptical of NCLB (and still have issues with standardized testing), reading this book showed me the positive sides of the act and how it can be a powerful tool for parents.

It's a WRIGHT book
If you have to wonder if a book written by Peter and Pamela Wright is of value then you have never read one of their books or been to one of their conferences.This is a must have along with their other two books for any parent, teacher or administrator interested in the role of special education. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Education    3. Educational    4. General    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Reference   

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Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Child witnesses    3. Children    4. Developmental - Child    5. Family Law - Children    6. Forensic psychology    7. Interviewing in child abuse    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal status, laws, etc    10. Psychology    11. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    12. Witnesses    13. CHILDREN_LEGAL STATUS, LAWS, ETC.    14. Family law    15. Jurisprudence & General Issues    16. Law / Witnesses   

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Invaluable Resource
I recently attended Brooklyn College and as a Children's Studies minor I found this book invaluable to studying children's rights.The United Nations Convention Rights of the Child is summarized in the text.It is a document that consists of the rights of children regarding their rights to education, human rights, legal rights etc.There are also several law cases outlined regarding children.If you are a law student, sociology, psychology, humanities major, you need this book.If you are a teacher, college professor, social worker, parent or deal with children on any level, you need this book.I wish I had known of it earlier in my college career. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Children    3. Children's rights    4. Handicapped    5. Legal status, laws, etc    6. Legal status, laws, etc.    7. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Public Policy - Social Policy    11. Social Science    12. United States    13. Adolescents    14. Child welfare    15. Human rights    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Interpersonal Relations    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Child Advocacy    3. Children    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc    7. Legal status, laws, etc.    8. Outlines, syllabi, etc    9. United States    10. Family law