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Peer reviewedBauhofer, Valerie – Children Today, 1987
Considers the lack of opportunities for meaningful interactions between male prisoners and their children. The family-related policies of the New York State Department of Correction Services and their implementation in local institutions are given as examples of the problem. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Correctional Institutions, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedSudia, Cecelia – Children Today, 1989
Discusses the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act and the way in which it should be used in neglect cases. Suggests an in-home therapy technique for working with multiproblem neglect cases. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Outreach Programs, Parent Rights
Peer reviewedHorowitz, Robert – Children Today, 1989
Discusses the way in which child abuse cases should be dealt with legally in order to improve the effectiveness of intervention programs. Suggests the tightening of legal standards for parental rights to custody of their children in neglect cases. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Court Role, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedGoldsmith, Stephen – Children Today, 1990
Advocates the use of criminal prosecution of pregnant women who abuse illegal substances. Discusses the views that use of drugs is a form of illness and that pregnant women should be exempt from laws. Concludes that court supervision and sanctions can improve treatment. Argues that punishment and treatment need not be mutually exclusive and…
Descriptors: Adults, Cocaine, Crime Prevention, Drug Legislation
Peer reviewedDeBettencourt, Kathleen B. – Children Today, 1990
Discusses some of the legal questions raised when infants and children of drug-abusing mothers are exposed to crack. Courts have generally moved in a punitive direction against these mothers although some critics warn against intervention that is too fast. Foster care system has been overwhelmed by these difficult cases, and many child welfare…
Descriptors: Adults, Court Litigation, Drug Abuse, Drug Legislation
Peer reviewedDorros, Karen; Dorsey, Patricia – Children Today, 1989
Discusses the way in which the legal system perpetuates child abuse and protects parents' rights more than children's rights. Discusses the difficulties social services encounter in dealing with these children and parents. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
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
Peer reviewedHorowitz, Robert – Children Today, 1990
Discusses legislation aimed at prevention, identification, and treatment of prenatal exposure to controlled substances and the consequences of such exposure. Coercive state intervention can include involuntary civil commitment, child protection; and criminal prosecution. Such intervention raises constitutional issues of privacy and…
Descriptors: Adults, Crack, Drug Abuse, Drug Legislation
