Texas shares the blame for foster care tragedy By Randy Burton Originally published by the Houston Chronicle, November 20, 2010 Sixteen-year-old-Michael Owens, who died on Nov. 5 at the Daystar Residential facility in Manvel, was the fifth child to die…
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All references to PROTECT are to the organization as it existed in 2006. As of 2015, Andrew Vachss is no longer associated with that organization. The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform needs to wither and die By Roland Murphy…
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Treating children as property CPS overreacts to court decision By Randy Burton Originally published by the Houston Chronicle, December 6, 2008 Children are not property and parents relinquish their “right” to be a parent the minute they abuse a child.…
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Dogfighters Are Brutal Cowardly Criminals By Michael O’Sullivan Originally published August 31, 2007 by the Humane Society of Canada I grew up with four brothers and when we were much younger we all boxed. In fact, one of my brothers…
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All references to PROTECT are to the organization as it existed in 2006. As of 2015, Andrew Vachss is no longer associated with that organization. National sex offender registry among goals sought by VachssBy Craig McDonald Originally published by ThisWeekNews.com,…
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Investigative FictionBy Duane SwierczynskiOriginally published by www.citypaper.net, July 7, 2005 A few weeks ago, I received a copy of Two Trains Running, a new novel by Andrew Vachss, a veteran crime writer as well as a lawyer who represents abused…
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The Haunted World of Andrew Vachss Will the child-abuse crusader and bestselling crime novelist vanquish his demons in Oregon? By Zach Dundas Originally published in Willamette Week, November 17, 1999. Andrew Vachss is exactly the same every single day. Enraged.…
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Be Very Afraid Andrew Vachss’ crime novels unflinchingly confront child abuse, AIDS, paedophilia and neo–Nazism. And he really knows what he’s talking about. Jerome Boyd Maunsell hears about a very personal crusade. By Jerome Boyd Maunsell Originally published in The…
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Warrior of the Trojan Horse A life in writing: child-abuse campaigner Andrew Vachss tells Nick Hasted of fiction’s power By Nick Hasted Originally published in The Guardian (London), April 22, 2000. When Andrew Vachss was seven, a teenage stranger in…
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Predator-Hunter/Child Abuse Activist/Writer Andrew Vachss Sets Latest Novel In Vancouver/Portland Area By Tricia Jones, Columbian staff writer Originally published in The Columbian (Vancouver, WA.), April 6, 2000 Writer Andrew Vachss has no scorn for people who enjoy fishing—just the idea…