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Differential Response: A Dangerous Experiment In Child Welfare, Elizabeth Bartholet
Differential Response: A Dangerous Experiment In Child Welfare, Elizabeth Bartholet
Florida State University Law Review
Differential Response represents the most important child welfare initiative of the day, with Differential Response programs rapidly expanding throughout the country. It is designed to radically change our child welfare system, diverting the great majority of Child Protective Services cases to an entirely voluntary system. This Article describes the serious risks Differential Response poses for children and the flawed research being used to promote it as “evidence based.” It puts the Differential Response movement in historical context as one of a series of extreme family preservation movements supported by a corrupt merger of advocacy with research. It argues for reform …
Lawyers At The Prison Gates: Organizational Structure And Corrections Advocacy, Susan P. Sturm
Lawyers At The Prison Gates: Organizational Structure And Corrections Advocacy, Susan P. Sturm
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Article attempts to fill the gaps in the discussion of public interest advocacy by exploring the roles of various legal organizations in providing representation to inmates challenging the conditions and practices in prisons, jails, and juvenile justice institutions. It is an outgrowth of a study conducted for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation on the extent and quality of representation in corrections litigation. It puts forward an organizational change model of public interest advocacy as the most promising strategy for legal representation in the corrections area. It then identifies the major organizational providers of representation, assesses where they fall on …
Soonavala: Advocacy, Its Principles And Practice, Charles W. Joiner
Soonavala: Advocacy, Its Principles And Practice, Charles W. Joiner
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Advocacy, Its Principles and Practice. By R. K. Soonavala