{"product_id":"wasted-the-plight-of-americas-unwanted-children-9781566631631","title":"Wasted: The Plight of America's Unwanted Children","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe public guardian of Cook County, Illinois, charges that the child welfare bureaucracy, designed to help children, is instead helping to destroy them. Murphy explains the facts and failures of the child welfare system—and offers solutions—better than any expert I've ever read on the subject....A first-rate read—poignant and instructive. —Edward I. Koch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA splendid book. -- Msgr. John Egan, DePaul University\u003cbr\u003eHonest and self-reflective...written with wit and great knowledge. -- Boris M. Astrachan, M.D., Chairman Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago\u003cbr\u003eWasted is a first-rate read—poignant and instructive. -- Edward I. Koch, Former Mayor, New York City\u003cbr\u003eInsightful and passionate...a book about responsibility and of how shirking it leads to social catastrophe. -- Ellis Cose, Author of Color-Blind and The Rage of a Privileged Class\u003cbr\u003eA powerful indictment of the child welfare system...its message deserves a broad hearing among those who care about our society's children. -- Elizabeth Bartholet, \"professor of law, Harvard Law School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Acknowledgements  7 Part 2 Foreword  13 Part 3 A Third World Initiation  27 Part 4 Learning the System  37 Part 5 Preserving Families, Killing Children  58 Part 6 The Underclass  85 Part 7 The Confidentiality Game  113 Part 8 New Realities  129 Part 9 Wrong Race, Wrong Place  147 Part 10 Orphans in a Strom  162 Part 11 Ideology and Reality  174 Part 12 Index  185","brand":"Ivan R Dee, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515918127447,"sku":"9781566631631","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781566631631.jpg?v=1745428231","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wasted-the-plight-of-americas-unwanted-children-9781566631631","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}