John R. Howard is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Purchase College, the State University of New York, and the author of The Shifting Wind: The Supreme Court and Civil Rights from Reconstruction to Brown, also published by SUNY Press.

"Poor Joshua turns a Supreme Court case into a gripping narrative, placing it within the context of the dilemma over how society and the law should respond to child abuse. It is also a call to arms: an indictment of the status quo and an advocacy piece that urges a profound reconsideration of the outcome of the case and the duty of the state toward those whom it leaves in positions of danger. It's an important story, well told." — Linda Greenhouse, author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

• Acknowledgments Part I: Journey to a Distant Land 1. An American Story 2. Background to Judgment Day 3. Things Unseen 4. Into the Night 5. A Light Too Late Part II: The Law’s Majesty 6. Prologue to Armageddon 7. In a Distant Place 8. The Supreme Court Decides 9. The Crying Game 10. Rearguing DeShaney Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

John R. Howard is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Purchase College, the State University of New York, and the author of The Shifting Wind: The Supreme Court and Civil Rights from Reconstruction to Brown, also published by SUNY Press.

"Poor Joshua turns a Supreme Court case into a gripping narrative, placing it within the context of the dilemma over how society and the law should respond to child abuse. It is also a call to arms: an indictment of the status quo and an advocacy piece that urges a profound reconsideration of the outcome of the case and the duty of the state toward those whom it leaves in positions of danger. It's an important story, well told." — Linda Greenhouse, author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

• Acknowledgments Part I: Journey to a Distant Land 1. An American Story 2. Background to Judgment Day 3. Things Unseen 4. Into the Night 5. A Light Too Late Part II: The Law’s Majesty 6. Prologue to Armageddon 7. In a Distant Place 8. The Supreme Court Decides 9. The Crying Game 10. Rearguing DeShaney Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

John R. Howard is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Purchase College, the State University of New York, and the author of The Shifting Wind: The Supreme Court and Civil Rights from Reconstruction to Brown, also published by SUNY Press.

"Poor Joshua turns a Supreme Court case into a gripping narrative, placing it within the context of the dilemma over how society and the law should respond to child abuse. It is also a call to arms: an indictment of the status quo and an advocacy piece that urges a profound reconsideration of the outcome of the case and the duty of the state toward those whom it leaves in positions of danger. It's an important story, well told." — Linda Greenhouse, author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

• Acknowledgments Part I: Journey to a Distant Land 1. An American Story 2. Background to Judgment Day 3. Things Unseen 4. Into the Night 5. A Light Too Late Part II: The Law’s Majesty 6. Prologue to Armageddon 7. In a Distant Place 8. The Supreme Court Decides 9. The Crying Game 10. Rearguing DeShaney Appendix Notes Bibliography Index