Article here by journalist Christopher Booker, who regularly writes on the UK child protection system. Published in March 2017 by The …
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In Britain’s secretive family courts, the lawyers always win by Christopher Booker, The Telegraph, March 2017
Report here by journalist Christopher Booker, who regularly writes on the UK child protection system. Published in March, 2017 by The …
A brave bid to clean up the family courts will soon be over by Christopher Booker, The Telegraph, March, 2017
Reflections on the imminent retirement of Lord Justice Munby, a brave judge who, as President of the Family Division of the British Court system that has jurisdiction over child care matters tried valiantly to bring Social Services to book.
The real scandal hidden by gags is what goes on in family courts by Christopher Booker, The Telegraph, 2011
Case of a mother deprived of her daughter when she complained to social workers about possible abuse by the estranged father.
Strange Bedfellows: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Benefit From Investing In Multidisciplinary Parent Representation by Vivek S. Sankaran, Patricia L. Rideout & Martha L. Raimon
Published in 2015. Interesting background reading on how the US child protection system operates.
Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases by Vivek Sankaran, Law Professor, Univ. of Michigan
“parents typically meet their attorneys for the first time in the courthouse immediately before or just following their initial removal hearing. In all likelihood, the attorney who claims to represent them was appointed (and will be paid) by the same court that authorised the children’s removal.”
Un-Convicting the Innocent: The Case for Shaken Baby Syndrome Review Panels by Rachel Burg, 2012
“states should develop error-correction bodies to identify past errors that have resulted in wrongful convictions of people accused of shaking a child.”
Michigan Men Accused of Toddler Deaths Question Shaken Baby Syndrome by Jacob Gershman, Wall Street Journal, 2016
US experts question the theory of Shaken Baby Syndrome, 2016.
Children stolen by the state, needlessly causing utter misery in one of Britain’s most disturbing scandals by Christohper Booker, Daily Mail, 2012
“the social workers cite vague reasons based on opinion rather than testable evidence — they use terms such as ‘emotional abuse’ the use of which has soared by 70 per cent.”
10,000 Children Ripped From Their Families
Reported statistics on children in the UK care system. Express UK, 2011.