Wounded
Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse
by Richard Wexler
Customer Comments
If you care about our children or our
society you must read.
A reader from Arizona, USA, February
7, 1999
I have been involved with various aspects
of the child protective service system for over 25 years. Based on my own
experience, this book does not exaggerate the appalling dangers our families
and children face at the hands of these systems. I found the accounts,
chilling as they are, to be very accurate reflections of what I know to
be everyday occurrences in our child welfare system. This author has examined
the data and the facts and done the homework that all of us should be doing.
detailed research, compelling, a must
read for all interested
locatellr @aol.com or locatell@gte.net,
July 2, 1998
Wexler lays out a clear and compelling case
for implementing thorough change in the system of child protective services.
A system informed by the thinking that state agencies need to intervene
in dysfunctional families; coerce and force families apart; is out of control
and what's more shows by their own statistics that they do a far worse
job than that of the dysfunctional family they claim to be helping. Ultimately
child protective services is fueled by the ever increasing need for money
to follow up on what are many times false allegations in ever increasing
proportion to the erroneous and misinterpreted statistics, that the general
public is told are factual. In addition children who are placed are worth
approximately thirty thousand dollars, or more (per year), to the 'child
savers" than what they have to pay out. Finally after careful study of
the "child savers"' statistics it is glaringly obvious that there are many
more children being abused in placements than they would be if kept with
their families. If resources were to be used to do more thorough investigations
before removing these children from their homes much of this abuse would
be averted. Please read his book, for your families freedom depends on
being informed and having the tools to effect change. This book is written
with a balanced view by a research journalist who is honest and straight
forward giving sound advice for changing the system to save children and
families. Robert Locatell
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