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Adoption: time for a change?

Date:30 JUN 2017
Elizabeth Isaacs QC
St Ives Chambers


Recent research confirms the clear link between deprivation and the chances of children being subject to state intervention (Bywaters et al, 'Inequalities in child welfare intervention rates: The intersection of deprivation and identity' (2014) 21(4) Child & Family Social Work, at p 452; Bywaters et al The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect: an evidence review (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2016). 

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