Adoption and the Law: The Unique Personal Experiences of Birth Mothers in Adoption Proceedings
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 18 - Law
- Output identifier
- 1709
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.4324/9780429297298
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9780367276157
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- 'Adoption and Law: The Unique Personal Experiences of Birth Mothers in Adoption Proceedings' is the first comprehensive socio-legal study of rarely considered birth mothers’ experiences of adoption. Evidence from five years of empirical research presents important new knowledge, giving unique insight into birth mothers’ perspectives that leading discourses on adoption law seldom prioritize. The inclusion of birth mothers’ voices via data from 32 in-depth interviews results in an authenticity that underpins multi-dimensional accounts of state sanctioned adoption. Focus on the impact of law on marginalised individuals is vital to inform practitioners and academics involved in adoption practice and theory.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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