{"product_id":"broken-transforming-child-protective-servicesnotes-of-a-former-caseworker-isbn-9780063036192","title":"Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services—Notes of a Former Caseworker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It’s an invaluable insider account of a pressing social issue.\" - Publishers Weekly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoining the ranks of \u003ci\u003eEvicted and The New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue work of narrative nonfiction, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePryce started her social work career with an internship where she was committed to helping keep children safe. In the book, she walks alongside her close friends and even her family as they navigate the system, while sharing her own reckoning with the requirements of her job and her role in the systemic harm. Through poignant narratives and introspection, readers witness the harrowing effects of a well-intentioned workforce that has lost its way, demonstrating how family separation is often not in a child’s best interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a renewed commitment to strengthening families in her role as activist, Pryce invites the child welfare workforce to embark on a journey of self-reflection and radical growth. At once a framework for child protective services reform and an intimate, stunning first-hand account of the system as it currently operates, \u003ci\u003eBroken\u003c\/i\u003e takes everyday scenarios as its focus rather than extreme child welfare cases, challenging readers to critically examine their own mindsets and biases in order to reimagine how we help families in need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book confronts the uncomfortable truths of the child welfare system:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Caseworker’s Memoir:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Dr. Pryce’s personal journey from a well-intentioned intern to a reform-focused activist, and her reckoning with her own role in a system causing harm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSystemic Racism Exposed:\u003c\/b\u003e Through the harrowing, real-life stories of Black families, uncover the deep-rooted biases that lead to disproportionate surveillance and family separation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMoral Injury in Social Work:\u003c\/b\u003e An unflinching look at the emotional and psychological toll on the child welfare workforce, caught between bureaucratic mandates and the human cost to families.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoverty and Neglect:\u003c\/b\u003e Challenge the conventional wisdom that separates poverty from neglect by examining everyday scenarios that criminalize families for their lack of resources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Framework for Change:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover a path forward for social workers, policymakers, and advocates to dismantle a broken system and build a new, family-centered approach to child protection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBroken\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a vital call to protect Black mothers. The stories of the women in this book will lodge themselves in the reader's heart. I couldn't put this book down and I will be thinking about it for a long time to come.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea Dunlop, author of “Women Are the Fiercest Creatures\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It’s an invaluable insider account of a pressing social issue.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will appeal to readers interested in social reform and the abolition of the carceral state, and it makes a strong pairing with Dorothy Roberts’ \u003cem\u003eTorn Apart.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is an investigation into what the author says is a biased system that 'disproportionately' targets mothers of color in America and that wreaks havoc on Black families, including separation. It’s an eye-opening tale.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharing real-life professional experience as well as key insight from caseworkers and Black women’s experiences within the system.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pryce opens readers’ eyes to the systemic racism that is deeply rooted in the system and often creates a pipeline to incarceration.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this \u003cstrong\u003edeeply moving and vulnerable work\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pryce examines the complexities of case work yet the complicity of the workforce in the systemic harm done to families. If you work within the system in any way, stop what you are doing and grab this book. By the end, the questions you ask yourself might just change your life and the lives of those you are trying to help.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVivek S. 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Through \u003cstrong\u003epowerful everyday stories\u003c\/strong\u003e she shows the fault lines within child protective services and grounds us in new ways to think about and fix this beleaguered system.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890599391461,"sku":"NP9780063036192","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063036192.jpg?v=1730233662","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/broken-transforming-child-protective-servicesnotes-of-a-former-caseworker-isbn-9780063036192","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}