For much of the past year, we and several colleagues in our field have been trying to convince a publisher to retract a book.
Advocates are using the text because it contains details on how to advance numerous laws in the United States and throughout the world. The text is also currently being used to influence judicial decisions that affect the lives of thousands of families.
The problem is, the work contains a massive amount of misinformation, misquoted sources, plagiarized text, and many other flaws.
We have been so disappointed with the failure of the publisher and the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) to address our concerns and our request for retraction that we have decided to share our experience with the scientific community.
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