Broken

"""In this groundbreaking work Jessica shows us how a system designed to protect Black children and families, often ends up harming them. Through powerful everyday stories she shows the fault lines within child protective services and grounds us in new ways to think about and fix this beleaguered system."" -- Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop ""In this deeply moving and vulnerable work, Pryce examines the complexities of case work yet the complicity of the workforce in the systemic harm done to families. If you work within the system in any way, stop what you are doing and grab this book. By the end, the questions you ask yourself might just change your life and the lives of those you are trying to help."" -- Vivek S. Sankaran, coauthor of REPRESENTING PARENTS in CHILD WELFARE CASES (with Martin Guggenheim) ""Broken delivers an eye-opening, insider's perspective on the impact of ""standard practices"" within the world and work of Child & Family Services. This book should be required reading for every social worker. Using well-researched and documented case histories, Dr. Pryce shows that actions from within an outdated institutional framework designed to protect itself as much as it safeguards a child, can often do more harm than good."" -- Virginia Deberry, NYT Bestselling Author of Far From the Tree Broken is a vital call to protect Black mothers. The stories of the women in this book will lodge themselves in the reader's heart. I couldn't put this book down and I will be thinking about it for a long time to come. -- Andrea Dunlop, author of ""Women Are the Fiercest Creatures"""