{"id":24640,"date":"2015-01-16T02:43:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T06:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=24640"},"modified":"2015-01-16T02:43:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T06:43:33","slug":"anonymous-tip-where-things-go-haywire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2015\/01\/anonymous-tip-where-things-go-haywire.html","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous Tip: Where Things Go Haywire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Anonymous Tip: A Review Series<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

As you may remember, we are reviewing Michael Farris\u2019s 1996 novel, Anonymous Tip.<\/em>\u00a0If you have missed the series so far, you still have time to catch up\u2014we are only a few weeks in. Let me review for a moment, to make sure what has happened so far is still fresh in everyone\u2019s minds!<\/p>\n

In the first installment<\/a>, Gordon\u00a0called the child abuse tip line to make a false report on his ex-wife, Gwen, regarding their four-year-old daughter, Casey. He didn\u2019t give his name or relationship to the child, saying only\u00a0that \u201cthere\u2019s this little girl whose mom is really mean . . .\u00a0her mom beats her . . . with a stick . . . like a ruler or something.\u201d He didn\u2019t give his name or any other information, which frustrated the intake officer.<\/p>\n

In the second installment<\/a>, we met Donna Corliss, the social worker who is the villain of the story\u2014and somehow both the best social worker on her team and willing to let a week go by before following up on child abuse tips. We also met her drunken star law student trust fund\u00a0boyfriend. In the third installment<\/a>, we met Gwen and Casey, a happy mother and daughter, and witnessed Donna\u2019s unsuccessful attempt to gain access to their home or speak with Casey.<\/p>\n

Today things escalate\u2014fast.<\/p>\n

I asked two weeks ago for readers who are familiar with social work to give input into what would actually have happened after Gwen refused to let Donna into her home to speak with her daughter Casey. As we saw, Donna didn\u2019t ask Gwen to bring Casey to speak with her at a neutral location\u2014something she could have done. Several readers pointed out that Donna\u00a0could also have spoken with neighbors or Casey\u2019s childcare providers, if there were any\u2014neither of which Gwen even attempts to do. Other readers\u00a0noted that in their opinion, with so little to go on and so many other cases, a social worker in Donna\u2019s position might simply close the case. Of course, Donna does not do this either.<\/p>\n

What does Donna do? She comes back with a second social worker (Rita Coballo) and two\u00a0police officers (Mark Donahue and Ken Dailey) the next morning to force her way in. Farris sets us up with some dialogue between Donahue and Dailey before they leave their cop car:<\/p>\n

\u201cGeez, Dailey, I hate these assignments,\u201d Donahue said in frustration. \u201cI don\u2019t know why they can\u2019t call ahead and try to work things out. Half the time they never even know if there is anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I know,\u201d Dailey answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they\u2019ve got strong evidence of an emergency I\u2019m all for it. But fuzzy deals like this one are something else,\u201d Donaue said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, the City Attorney\u2019s office always tells us that child abuse cases are an exception. Warrants for everything else, but in child abuse investigations its unnecessary,\u201d Officer Dailey answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks for the information, Wonder Boy. Next time tell me something I don\u2019t know,\u201d Donahue said sarcastically. \u201cI\u2019m just saying I don\u2019t like it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This dialogue seems incredibly pointed\u2014too<\/em> pointed. Farris doesn\u2019t seem to be a big proponent of \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

But of course, this dialogue is also wrong<\/em>. Child abuse investigations are an exception from the ordinary warrant requirement only when there are eminent circumstances<\/em>. In other words, there has to be evidence of grave danger. Donna had no such evidence, and the officers\u2019 dialogue suggests she never said she had any such evidence at all. Instead, it suggests that this is routine for them.<\/p>\n

Farris would likely point to the Loudermilk Case<\/a> and others like it as evidence that this does happen\u2014and I\u2019m sure that is true. But when it does, it is reason for ensuring that the system has accountability\u2014after all, any system without accountability can become tyrannical. But Farris is not portraying this as the rare case when the system goes wrong but rather as the normal way the system functions. And as we shall see, Farris\u2019s description of what happens is calculated to strike fear into the heart of any parent.<\/p>\n

Donna rings the doorbell and Gwen opens the door. (As an aside, Farris calls them \u201cCorliss\u201d and \u201cGwen.\u201d Why he uses Donna\u2019s last name and Gwen\u2019s first name I have no idea.) Farris says that Gwen was \u201cparalyzed with fear,\u201d and that \u201cseeing the fear in Gwen\u2019s eyes, Corliss lifted one eyebrow in triumph.\u201d Farris is clearly portraying Donna as someone with a vendetta. When Gwen asks Donna if she has a warrant, Donna responds with this:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been watching too much television, Mrs. Landis. A warrant simply is not necessary in these kinds of situations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As we know, this\u00a0is false. Gwen turns to Officer Donahue and asks whether they can do this, and while we are told that Donahue \u201creally did want to help\u201d Gwen, what he actually said was: \u201cI\u2019m very sorry ma\u2019am. These ladies are right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rita Coballo bristled at the sexist term \u201cladies.\u201d She glared at Officer Donahue but said nothing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, I knew Donna\u2019s insistence on being called \u201cMs.\u201d in the last installment was pointed.<\/p>\n

And so, Gwen lets Donna, Rita, and Officer Donahue into her home. Donna immediately calls for Casey, who comes out of her room, unsure.\u00a0Donna speaks to her with \u201cpracticed sweetness\u201d and asks to talk with her in her room for a moment. Casey turns to\u00a0her mother with\u00a0\u201cfear-filled eyes,\u201d but Donna and Rita have already pushed her toward her room. When Gwen tries to go after them, Officer Donahue physically prevents\u00a0her.<\/p>\n

The door closed behind them, Donna and Rita speak with Casey alone. \u201cRita and I help little children,\u201d Donna tells Casey. \u201cWe want to help you.\u201d Casey runs to her bed, picks up a doll, and turns to look at\u00a0them apprehensively. And then the questioning begins in earnest.<\/p>\n

Social workers receive training in how to speak with and interview children, but I am not a social worker and do not know is considered to be best practices. I\u2019d be glad for input from readers who are familiar with social work. Donna begins by asking \u201cCasey, are you afraid of anyone?\u201d They then end up on a tangent which ultimately turns out to be about\u00a0Taz chasing Daffy Duck on television.\u00a0Donna then rephrases the question, and finally asks \u201cAre you ever afraid of your mommy?\u201d\u00a0There is some back and forth, during which Casey ultimately says that her mother sometimes yells at her when she does something bad.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes your mommy ever hit you?\u201d Donna now asks. Casey says she doesn\u2019t think so, but then Donna asks if her mother ever spanks her.<\/p>\n

\u201cUh-huh,\u201d she nodded, her lips pressed together in a faint smile, glad that she could\u00a0finally answer a question in a way this lady seemed to like.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Farris is being very intentional here. From what I\u2019ve read of what he\u2019s written, he has concerns about social workers using leading questions to get children to admit to things that aren\u2019t actually occurring. But social workers know that leading questions are a thing, and from what I do know about social work technique<\/a>, they are trained not<\/em> to ask leading questions, and to work against suggesting to the child that they want any particular answer.<\/p>\n

Let me put it like this. If social workers\u2019 goal is to ensure that children are not being abused, how would it serve this goal to use leading questions or techniques to get children to admit to abuse that is not actually occurring? It wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Donna then asks Casey what Gwen spanks her with, and Casey says she sometimes spanks her with her hand and sometimes with a wooden spoon. When asked if it hurts a lot, Casey shrugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cCasey, I need you to take off your\u00a0clothes like you do when you go to the doctor so I can see if you are all right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here things go downhill. Farris writes that \u201cThe mounting strangeness of the whole episode finally broke through Casey\u2019s four-year-old emotional barrier, and she began to cry.\u201d Casey asked for her mommy, but Donna replied that \u201cthe rules say she can\u2019t come in right now.\u201d Casey\u2019s crying then escalated.<\/p>\n

Outside the door, Gwen became frantic. When she made a move for the door, Officer Donahue \u201claid his hand on his holster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m supposed to just stand here while those witches are molesting my daughter?\u201d [Gwen]\u00a0thundered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Farris tells us that \u201cGwen had never been more stricken with panic and despair in her entire life.\u201d Gwen wanted to go to her daughter and comfort her, and prevented from doing so she \u201cput her hands over her face and began to sob convulsively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back in the room, Donna and Rita fought with Casey. \u201cMommy, Mommy!\u201d Casey screamed as she resisted.<\/p>\n

Corliss was tired of going slowly. She moved with firm deliberation. She quickly grabbed Casey\u2019s other arm and held her down on the bed. \u201cRita, quick, take off her shirt and jeans and pull her panties down. Quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casey writhed in terror. Her cries turned to screams as the two social workers stripped all her clothes off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Again, if readers are able to weigh in on how strip searches of this sort are conventionally carried out, I would appreciate it. In may admittedly lay opinion, I would assume that social workers do their utmost to ensure that they do not traumatize a child. In stating that \u201cCorliss was tired of going slowly\u201d and then describing her holding Casey down so Rita could strip her, Farris\u00a0is clearly making a point of showing that Donna does not actually care about children\u2019s wellbeing\u2014and in this moment, she certainly does not seem to.<\/p>\n

And just what did Donna and Rita find? Nothing. No bruises, no scrapes.<\/p>\n

The investigators\u2019 eyes met, expressing grim disappointment. They wanted to get back at this woman for bucking their authority. Finding no bruises, they were out of business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For Donna and Rita, it isn\u2019t\u00a0about Casey\u2019s wellbeing at all. It\u2019s about getting back at Gwen for not letting Donna in the first time. In case it\u2019s not already clear, I very much think Donna and Rita are in the wrong here. In valuing revenge against a parent over a child\u2019s wellbeing, they are forgetting the core principles that they signed onto when they began social workers. And frankly, if they are that easily rattled by a parent, they are not very good social workers at all.<\/p>\n

By this point, Casey is all-out sobbing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Casey, If you would have just cooperated, it wouldn\u2019t have been so bad.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What kind of social worker says that to a four-year-old?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Donna and Gwen leave Casey\u2019s bedroom and head back to the living room. Farris tells us that \u201cGwen sept up her terrified daughter in her own violently shaking arms.\u201d Donna tells Gwen\u00a0that now that she has\u00a0talked to Casey she can tell her about the nature of the investigation.\u00a0She suggests that Gwen may want Casey to leave the room, But Gwen refuses to be parted from her daughter again. Donna tells Gwen that<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received a complaint night-before-last that you spank Casey in an excessive manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gwen goes on to ask Casey about her spanking practices, and Gwen\u00a0says that she does spank Casey sometimes but never excessively. Gwen is adamant that she has never bruised her daughter.\u00a0When Gwen says Casey has never been hurt by spanking, Donna tells her that \u201cthe great weight of psychological opinion\u201d disagrees with her on that. Gwen asks if Donna is saying spanking is illegal, and Donna calls it \u201clegally unwise\u201d and suggests she take advantage\u00a0of their\u00a0\u201cwonderful parenting courses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I want from you is to get out of my house and leave me and my daughter alone. Go! Now!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be leaving shortly,\u201d Corliss said, emphasizing her control, \u201cbut your attitude is just prolonging everything.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that is pretty much the tenor of their entire conversation. As Donna and Rita walk to the door, Donna tells Gwen that they will be writing a report and that they will send a copy along.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust leave. You . . . you . . . witches . . . Nazis . . . just leave! Get out! Now!\u201d Gwen screamed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As Donna and Rita leave, Gwen adds these last parting words:<\/p>\n

\u201cSo help me, I\u2019m going to sue you for this!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Farris tells us that once Donna and Rita were gone, Gwen held Casey and rocked her, and the two of them sobbed into each other\u2019s arms as Gwen told Casey that she wouldn\u2019t let anyone else hurt her. Finally, Gwen carries Casey to the kitchen and calls her father (Casey\u2019s grandfather). The two then continue crying together until\u00a0he arrives.<\/p>\n

Real quick, I want to make sure you noticed something\u2014Donna told Gwen that they\u2019d received the tip \u201cnight-before-last\u201d\u2014in other words, the night before Donna first came to Gwen\u2019s door. As we know, this is not true. The call actually came\u00a0into the hotline Thursday night, a full week prior to this visit, and six days before the original visit the day before. Why did Donna lie? We\u2019ll find out later.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s review the kind of social worker Donna is. She waits six days to investigate a complaint (and not because she has more urgent complaints to follow up on), she fails to do due diligence when she finally does<\/em> investigate that complaint (i.e., talk with neighbors, talk to Gwen\u2019s ex or Casey\u2019s childcare providers), she lies about what the law says (claiming that a warrant is unnecessary), she feels no guilt about traumatizing\u00a0a child (forcibly strip searching Casey because\u00a0putting in the time to ensure that the\u00a0search is consensual is just too much work), she cares more about her anger at Gwen for not opening the door to her on the first visit than she does about Casey\u2019s wellbeing (she is actually disappointed<\/em> to find no bruises on Casey), and she has no compulsion about lying in front of both Gwen and Officer Donahue about when the tip came in, something that could easily be checked to verify.<\/p>\n

Wow. That\u2019s a lot.<\/p>\n

And yet, Farris describes Donna as her boss\u2019s star social worker.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t worry. We\u2019ve only just completed the first chapter.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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