Born into Care
international perspectives on the removal of babies at birth
$44.80
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2026
Summary
Born into Care: Challenging Infant Removal Practices
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 fam…
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 |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
About The Author
Katy Burch
Karen Broadhurst OBE is Distinguished Professor at the Centre for Child and Family Justice, Lancaster University. She is a leading figure in family justice research, including child protection at birth.
Emily Keddell is Professor in the Social and Community Programme at the University of Otago| Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka.
Linda Cusworth is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research at Lancaster University, specialist in family justice research including children in care
Lucy Griffiths is Professor and leading epidemiologist at the Medical School 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 the Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Lancaster University, and leading pioneer of systems change regarding child protection in pregnancy and at birth.
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