Catching a Case Inequality and Fear in New York City's Child Welfare System

"Lee's important contribution reveals embedded racism and classism within the child welfare system." - Aimee Cox (Fordham University) "[Catching a Case] provides the reader with tangible information regarding the current urgency to provide comprehensive policies that serve the needs of mothers and children. Additionally, this work serves as a road map to begin to imagine simple ways to create meaningful change." (InterActions) "For anyone interested in child welfare and/or the foster care system ... Highly recommended." (Choice) "Catching a Case is impressive in its breadth and analytical reach and will be useful for teaching in a number of different areas, including courses on youth and society, critical race theory, gender studies, poverty and inequality, the anthropology of bureaucracy, institutional and organizational ethnography, social service systems, American culture, and applied or public anthropology." (North American Dialogue) "Lee's work is written in an accessible style, and presents a view of a complex system that is accessible for the non-expert. As such, her book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students interested in the anthropology of politics, law, and bureaucracy, as well as social workers, legal actors, and policy makers interested in a critique of the contemporary child welfare system." (PoLAR)