Poor Joshua - The Deshaney Case and Child Abuse in America

Tells the story of a tragic Supreme Court decision involving child abuse and what might be done to rectify it.

About the author

John R. Howard is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Purchase College, the State University of New York, and the author of The Shifting Wind: The Supreme Court and Civil Rights from Reconstruction to Brown, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: John R Howard, John R. Howard
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781438470498
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-7049-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law