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Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman
Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
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Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Juvenile And Family Violence Issues, April Meldrum
Juvenile And Family Violence Issues, April Meldrum
April Carroll Meldrum
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The Oklahoma Judicial System And Juveniles, Mary Sue Backus
The Oklahoma Judicial System And Juveniles, Mary Sue Backus
Mary Sue Backus
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Judging Parents, Judging Place: Termination Of Parental Rights In Rural America, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace
Judging Parents, Judging Place: Termination Of Parental Rights In Rural America, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace
Lisa R Pruitt
Parents are constantly judged, by fellow parents and by wider society. But the consequences of judging parents sometimes extend beyond community reputation and social status. When law and legal institutions get involved, such judgments may result in the termination of parental rights. In these legal contexts, parents’ merits as parents are typically assessed in relation to a wide array of their decisions and actions, including where they live.
Among those judged harshly in relation to geography are impoverished parents who live in rural places. Yet judgments of these parents are particularly unfair in that poor rural parents often do not …
Judging Parents, Judging Place: Poverty, Rurality And Termination Of Parental Rights, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace
Judging Parents, Judging Place: Poverty, Rurality And Termination Of Parental Rights, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace
Lisa R Pruitt
Parents are constantly judged, by fellow parents and by wider society. But the consequences of judging parents sometimes extend beyond community reputation and social status. When law and legal institutions get involved, such judgments may result in the termination of parental rights. In these legal contexts, parents’ merits as parents are typically assessed in relation to a wide array of their decisions and actions, including where they live.
Among those judged harshly in relation to geography are impoverished parents who live in rural places. Yet judgments of these parents are particularly unfair in that poor rural parents often do not …