In neighborhoods that see the most child-welfare investigations, children hide their problems, families refuse to ask for help and chances to head off serious neglect or abuse are missed. ACS…
For years, child welfare officials have looked to better training and deeper resources to reduce mistakes in abuse and neglect investigations. But given the complexity of many cases, experts say,…
In the wake of two fatalities in early ’14, the de Blasio administration called for better reporting of abuse and neglect. But there is substantial doubt that child welfare investigations…
Reforms unveiled this week by the de Blasio administration were cast as an effort to improve services for the mentally ill on Rikers Island. But much of the plan focuses…
Criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter are two criminal charges that Officer Daniel Pantaleo might have faced. How does state law actually define those offenses?
Reaction to the grand jury decision ranged from outrage to sympathy. Some called for a special prosecutor, others for the firing of the officer involved.
From Congressmen to youth leaders, labor unions to activist groups, the world weighed in last night on a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson.
Far from the protests and the police barricades, the primary emotion one young black man—City Limits’ own Fred Joseph—felt last night was not shock or anger. It was the sensation…
In 2013, the NYPD responded to 280,531 domestic violence incidents, approximately 765 per day. But stagnant state funding for DV victims’ services isn’t keeping up with increased incidence of…
If they aren’t deported, the children who’ve come across the border in a recent surge will live here under one of several legal statuses, each offering advantages and complications to…
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