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Peer reviewedBesharov, Douglas J. – Public Interest, 1986
Child advocates have succeeded in getting child abuse recognized as a serious social problem requiring governmental response. Ironically, this success now threatens the viability of child abuse programs: 65 percent of all reports are ultimately dismissed. This flood of unfounded reports violates parental rights and overwhelms the limited resources…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Children
Peer reviewedBesharov, Douglas J.; LI. M., J. D. – Children Today, 1990
Discusses the effect that fetal exposure to cocaine and other drugs is having on infants and small children. Disputes the most widely cited estimate of the numbers of crack babies. Calls for restructuring foster care, group home placement, adoption, and general social welfare provision. Termination of parental rights is difficult but probably…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights
