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

Ronald Hall, Ellen Whipple and Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore

Policy Studies, 2008, vol. 29, issue 1, 51-69

Abstract: ‘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.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/01442870701848020

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