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From Madness to Mutiny: Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts -- and What Can Be Done about It »

Book cover image of From Madness to Mutiny: Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts -- and What Can Be Done about It by Amy Neustein

Authors: Amy Neustein, Michael Lesher
ISBN-13: 9781555536565, ISBN-10: 1555536565
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Date Published: February 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Amy Neustein

AMY NEUSTEIN, Ph.D., is a sociologist, researcher, lecturer, and author of many scholarly articles on child sexual abuse, sociology of religion, and speech technology. She is the co-author of From Madness to Mutiny (NUP, 2005), and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Speech Technology. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

Book Synopsis

A powerful expose of the family court system's prejudice against mothers trying to protect their sexually abused children.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Raoul Felder Acknowledgments Part I. Family Courts: The Problem An Oveview of Family Court Madness - and Mother's Mutiny The New Legal Landscape Part II. Observations in Depth Research Methods Robed Rage Lawless Law Guardians Anti-Social Services Mental Health Quackery Mothers and Madness: The "Aftershocks" of the System Part III. Changes
"Rebirthing" the Family Court System Reforming the Courts Reforming the Court Auxiliaries Notes References Index

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