Born into Care
International Perspectives on the Removal of Babies at Birth
$46.80
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2026
Summary
Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
A ground-breaking international collection, Born into Care brings together leading scholars, practitioners, advocates and mothers with lived experience to confront the hidden and deeply controversial practice of infant removal at birth.
The first book of its kind, it delivers a powerful critique of the legal, ethical and political systems that perpetuate a practice which disproportionately impacts marginalised f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447374213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447374215 |
| Author: | Katy Burch, Laura Abbott, Susan Burke, Kerri Cleaver, Laura Cowley, Jacynta Krakouer, Natalie Avlonitis, Ida Benedicte Juhasz, Kirsty Kitchen, Bachar Alrouh |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 156mm x 234mm |
Critics Review
“A comprehensive and compelling call for reform in pre-birth safeguarding and infant separation from a distinguished international collective of child welfare leaders with learned and lived experience.” Jeri L. Damman, University of Sussex
Katy Burch
Karen Broadhurst OBE is Distinguished Professor of Social Work at Lancaster University. She is a leading figure in family justice research, including child protection at birth.
Emily Keddell is Professor of Social Work at the University of Otago.
Linda Cusworth is Senior Research Fellow at Lancaster University and a specialist in family justice research including children in care.
Lucy Griffiths is Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology at Swansea University and a specialist in child health and wellbeing, with her work covering infants born into care.
Claire Mason is Research Fellow at Lancaster University and leading a pioneer of systems change regarding child protection in pregnancy and at birth.
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