Dr. David Stoesz | Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing

Nov 7, 2024 | behavioural sciences

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The American child welfare system has a long history of injustice. Until recently, this was mainly experienced by low-income Black families, who are routinely surveilled by caseworkers. This brings the threat of investigation, arrest, and having their children taken away, placed in foster care, and frequently adopted. This is often referred to as Jane Crow. Some researchers have likened the child welfare system to professional kidnapping and have highlighted the prevalence of children aging-out of foster care only to become homeless. Read More

Original Article Reference

Summary of the paper ‘Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing’, in Research on Social Work Practice, doi.org/10.1177/10497315231182979

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