“Giving such violent caretakers second chances, as social workers and judges frequently do, with the best of intentions – attributing their violence to poverty or racial prejudice and propping them up with counseling, household helpers and other resources – cannot reverse their violentization. To the contrary, such endorsement implicitly authorizes further violence and makes the state complicit with the violators.”

“Giving such violent caretakers second chances, as social workers and judges frequently do, with the best of intentions – attributing their violence to poverty or racial prejudice and propping them up with counseling, household helpers and other resources – cannot reverse their violentization. To the contrary, such endorsement implicitly authorizes further violence and makes the state complicit with the violators.”

— Richard Rhodes