Richard Gelles, scholar of family violence and child-welfare system, dies at 73
By Harrison Smith – The Washington Post 07/12/2020
“… Dr. Gelles conducted pioneering studies on family violence in the 1970s and later worked to shape public policy, notably helping draft the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, considered the most significant change in federal child-welfare policy in nearly two decades. …”
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