Broken three times : a story of child abuse in America /

Broken Three Times is a narrative nonfiction book that chronicles one family's travails through the child welfare system. While this is the story of one family, it typifies countless others who get lost in the system. Each chapter of the family's story provides a launching point for discus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaufman, Joan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Child welfare > United States > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents:
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Snoopy Snow Cone Machine: 1975
Chapter 2: The First Investigation: 2000
Chapter 3: The Second Investigation: 2001
Chapter 4: After the Children's First Placement: 2 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 5: The Children's Second Placement: 3 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 6: Living with the Olsens: 59 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 7: Five Placements in Five Weeks: 291 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 8: Looking for a Home without a Dog that Bites: 399 in out-of-home care
Chapter 9: An Inch from Death: 448 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 10: Without a Family: 571 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 11: No More Goody Two Shoes: 1,148 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 12: Turning Eighteen: 1,614 Days in out-of-home care
Chapter 13: Epilogue
Chapter 14: Lessons Learned.