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‘Blaming the victim’ child-focused Western law: implications of evidence-based policy-making for the rescue of Black families

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  • Ronald Hall
  • Ellen Whipple
  • Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore

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‘Blaming the victim’ policies remain largely intact under the façade of family law and policy construction. Based on empirical evidence, lack of employment for Black men is a major factor in their inability to sustain the Black family as a functional unit. The existence of child-focused family laws has had a devastating effect upon the construction of family policies vis-à-vis Black men. Evidence-based policy-making (EBPM) is intended to provide a means for creating legislation independent of politics. EBPM is predicated on the most rigorous scientific evidence available from recognized experts in relevant fields. Accordingly, policy-makers loyal to the Black family may simultaneously rescue its children and play a pivotal role in its viability.

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  • Ronald Hall & Ellen Whipple & Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, 2008. "‘Blaming the victim’ child-focused Western law: implications of evidence-based policy-making for the rescue of Black families," Policy Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 51-69.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cposxx:v:29:y:2008:i:1:p:51-69
    DOI: 10.1080/01442870701848020
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