{"product_id":"torn-apart-dorothy-roberts-9781541675445","title":"Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart \u003c\/i\u003euncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a \"family policing system\" that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, \u003ci\u003eTorn Apart \u003c\/i\u003eargues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541675444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541675445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 150","brand":"Dorothy Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055040917759,"sku":"9781541675445","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6497f10-82e4-448b-a5e5-821003723c1d.jpg?v=1685033445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/torn-apart-dorothy-roberts-9781541675445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}