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Title The DeShaney case : child abuse, family rights, and the dilemma of state intervention / Lynne Curry.

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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	345.0255 C937d 2007	---	Available
FSCC Non-Fiction	345.0255 CUR 2007	---	Available

Description	xii, 164 p. ; 22 cm.
Series	Landmark law cases & American society
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Joshua's story -- Child protection in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The crime of child abuse -- DeShaney v. Winnebago County in the lower courts -- DeShaney v. Winnebago County in the U.S. Supreme Court -- "Poor Joshua!" DeShaney v. Winnebago County in the court of public opinion.
Subject	DeShaney, Melody -- Trials, litigation, etc.
	Winnebago County (Wis.). Department of Social Services -- Trials, litigation, etc.
	DeShaney, Joshua, 1979-
	Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	Due process of law -- United States.
Added Author	Winnebago County (Wis.). Department of Social Services.
ISBN	9780700614967 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0700614966 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780700614974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0700614974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No.	YDXCP 2496572
	YDXCP 2496571