Born into Care

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SKU: 9781447374213
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International Perspectives on the Removal of Babies at Birth

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Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Born into Care is a ground-breaking international collection that brings together leading scholars, practitioners, advocates, and mothers with lived experience to confront the hidden and deeply controversial practice of infant removal at birth. As the first book of its kind,... Read More

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Born into Care

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Description

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Born into Care is a ground-breaking international collection that brings together leading scholars, practitioners, advocates, and mothers with lived experience to confront the hidden and deeply controversial practice of infant removal at birth.

As the first book of its kind, it delivers a powerful critique of the legal, ethical, and political systems that perpetuate a practice disproportionately impacting marginalised families. Topics covered in the book include decision-making at birth, human rights and access to justice, and the intersecting inequities of class, gender, racism, and ableism.

Through rigorous analysis and diverse perspectives, the collection challenges dominant child protection narratives and lays the groundwork for systemic transformation.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781447374213

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Policy Press

Illustration: 6 Tables, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Contributions by Ida Benedicte Juhasz
Contributions by Katy Burch
Contributions by Natalie Avlonitis
Contributions by Laura Cowley
Contributions by Susan Burke
Contributions by Kirsty Kitchen
Contributions by Laura Abbott
Contributions by Kerri Cleaver
Contributions by Bachar Alrouh

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 312

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

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 (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka).

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.