Investigating Families by Kelley Fong - 9780691237947

Princeton University Press

Investigating FamiliesMotherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services\nAuthor(s): Kelley Fong\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691237947, 978-0691237947\nSynopsis\nHow our reliance on Child Protective Services makes motherhood precarious for those already marginalized\n\nIts the knock on the door that many mothers fear: a visit from Child Protective Services (CPS), the state agency with the power to take their children away. Over the last half-century, these encounters have become an all-too-common way of trying to address family poverty and adversity. One in three children nationwideand half of Black childrennow encounter CPS during childhood.\n\nIn Investigating Families, Kelley Fong provides an unprecedented look at the inner workings of CPS and the experiences of families pulled into its orbit. Drawing on firsthand observations of CPS investigations and hundreds of interviews with tho.