The State As Parent: International Research Perspectives On Interventions With Young Persons (nato Science Series D:) (volume 53)

The thirty-five chapters in this book are edited versions of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop, State Intervention on Behalf of Children and Youth, which took place in Maratea, Italy, February 20-24, 1989. The Workshop was attended by leading child welfare researchers from most of the Western countries. Represented were scholars and practitioners from disciplines as diverse as law, social work, neurology, economics, political science, education, psychology, and psychiatry. This variety of disciplines considerably enriched the discussions at the Workshop and is reflected in a set of interesting and, we believe, potentially useful research papers. This book is divided into four sections, each dealing with dominant themes of state intervention. The first section deals with research on organizing for state intervention and related ways of providing accountability. The second section deals with research on young persons in conflict with the law, the third with research on child abuse and the final section with research on children in care. Many of the matters addressed in these papers relate to more than one of the topical theme headings and, therefore, might well have been located in different sections of the volume. Each section is introduced by an introductory statement that provides an overview of the papers and issues addressed, and suggests an agenda of research work to be undertaken. These introductions are based largely on workshop discussions and do not necessarily represent the views of their identified authors. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Independent Representation of children in Protection Proceedings....Pages 9-22 Adolescent Childbearing and Prevention Strategies: Battleground for Testing the Limits of Government Intervention....Pages 23-35 The American Indian Child Welfare Act: Achievements and Recommendations....Pages 37-51 Policy Development as a Hegemonic Strategy: Example of the child and Family Services Act in Otario....Pages 53-62 Decentralizing Child Welfare Services: An Assessment of Service Impact, Costs and the Morale of Staff....Pages 63-81 Managing the Family Contacts of Children Absent in Care, Professional and Legislative Issues: The Experience of England and Wales....Pages 83-92 Efficiency in Foster Family Care: Proceeding With Caution....Pages 93-109 The State as Parent: Assessing Outcomes in Child Care....Pages 111-123 Child Care Placement Outcomes....Pages 125-130 Front Matter....Pages 131-137 Social Change, Legal Transformation, and State Intervention: Youth Justice in the Arab Republic of Egypt....Pages 139-149 The Scottish Children’s Hearing System: Community or State Control?....Pages 151-163 Custodial Control or Community Alternative?: An Examination of the Impact of the 1982 Criminal Justice Act In One Local Authority....Pages 165-172 Evaluating Conflicts Between Intention and Outcome Within Changing Canadian Juvenile Justice Policy: Just Listen to What the Data Says!....Pages 173-186 Tackling The Conflict: A Framework Analysis of Dispute Settlement....Pages 187-193 Closed Units in Institutions for Children....Pages 195-202 Law Policies and Implications for the Youth Welfare System: The Hamburg Example....Pages 203-206 Mind the Gap: The Creation of the Non-Divertible....Pages 207-211 Deviant Interventions or Deviant Youth?....Pages 213-219 Front Matter....Pages 221-227 Child Abuse, Social Theory, and Everyday State Practices....Pages 229-236 Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse: State Intervention in Canada....Pages 237-247 Front Matter....Pages 221-227 Sexual Abuse Prevention Training: Issues of State Intervention....Pages 249-262 False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: Implications for Policy and Practice....Pages 263-280 The Use of Criminal Sanctions in Child Abuse and Neglect....Pages 281-289 Front Matter....Pages 291-298 Evaluation of Foster-Family-Based Treatment in Compare with Other Programs: A Preliminary Analysis....Pages 299-313 Foster Care Breakdown: A Study of a Special Teenager Fostering Scheme....Pages 315-329 Intensive Home-Based Family Treatment: Client Outcomes and Issues for Program Design....Pages 331-345 A Belgian Approach to Work Rehabilitation....Pages 347-348 Research on Trends in Intervention on Behalf of Children and Youth in Aarhus, Denmark....Pages 349-353 In Care, In Contact?....Pages 355-368 The Effectiveness of Permanent Substitute Family Placement for Older Children in Care....Pages 369-385 An Examination of Long Term Foster Family Care for Children and Youth....Pages 387-400 Patterns of Care: The First Twelve Months....Pages 401-408 Effectiveness Analysis of Residential Child Care Services in Belgium....Pages 409-411 Integrating Professional and Community Resources for Young Persons....Pages 413-414 The Transition From Long Term Care to Adoption....Pages 415-435 Back Matter....Pages 437-462