{"product_id":"how-to-end-family-policing-erin-miles-cloud-9798888904565","title":"How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom leading abolitionist organizers, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that purport to protect children make our communities less safe for them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eBased on decades of shared organizing, study, and lived experience, the contributors to \u003cem\u003eHow to End Family Policing\u003c\/em\u003e argue that the child welfare system cannot build genuine safety. Rather than the misleading language of \"child welfare\" and \"child protective services,\" scholars and activists use the term \"family policing\" to name the fact that these institutions and practices are neither neutral nor benign.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Black, Indigenous, and Latinx parents do not mistreat their children at higher rates than white parents. Yet 53 percent of all Black children in the United States will experience a child protective services investigation before the age of eighteen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Offering first-person testimony, alternatives to family policing, and definitions of key concepts, this book is an urgent call to build flourishing communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erin Miles Cloud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888904565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Erin Miles Cloud","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881266630911,"sku":"9798888904565","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e8d7575-75c2-4f7d-b03c-76d0f322a97e.jpg?v=1747971155","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-end-family-policing-erin-miles-cloud-9798888904565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}