In the Name of Mothers and Children: Deconstructing the Myth of the Passive Battered Mother and the "Protected Child," in Child Neglect Proceedings
22 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2007
Abstract
Prof. Miccio takes on the NYC child welfare establishment in deconstructing the destructive nature of abuse/neglect petitions against battered mothers. Using narrative and the power of story-telling, Miccio delivers a body-blow to the NYC child welfare administration (CWA) and this article was the first to put-forth the idea of an affirmative defense, which Miccio later distances herself from. This article presages the Nicholson case which in 2003 stopped the practice employed by CWA of petitioning against battered mothers and removed children merely because children lived in homes where violence against mothers was in play.
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