The Deshaney Case Summary

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The history of the Deshaney case involved Joshua Deshaney, his father Randy Deshaney, his mother Melody Deshaney, and the Wisconsin Department of Social Services. According to Ph.D. professor Emeritus of Social work, Alexander Rudolph Jr.’s article “The Legal Liability of Social workers After Deshaney”, “When Melody and Randy divorced in 1980 custody of Joshua was rewarded to Randy who moved to Wisconsin and remarried” (Rudolph 64).

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