Exploring the only option for a growing army of children who cannot be placed for adoption or fostering, this text demonstrates from a large-scale survey of orphan alumni that they outpace the general population in most areas of life
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Exploring the only option for a growing army of children who cannot be placed for adoption or fostering, this text demonstrates from a large-scale survey of orphan alumni that they outpace the general population in most areas of life
Richard B. McKenzie: Foreword : Heidi GoldsmithRethinking orphanages : An introduction
Conna Craig and Derek Herbert: Part I. Child care in the United StatesThe state of child welfare
Estella May Moriarty: The nation's child welfare problems as viewed from the bench
Richard J. Gelles: Family preservation and child maltreatment
Marvin Olasky: Part II. The history and impact of orphanagesThe rise and fall of American orphanages
Ross D. London: The 1994 orphanage debate : A study in the politics of annihilation
Richard B. McKenzie: Orphanage alumnni : How they have done and how they evaluate their experience
John N. McCall: Research on the psychological effects of orphanage care : A critical review
William F. Shughart, II and William F. Chappell: Fostering the demand for adoptions : An empirical analysis of the impact of orphanages and foster care on adoptions in the United States
Karol C. Bowdreaux and Donald J. Bowdreaux: Part III. Problems in bringing back orphanagesSocial security, social workers, and the care of dependent children
Dwight R. Lee: A public choice analysis of child care dollars : The political bias in favor of the status quo
Margaret MacFarlane Wright: Who will mow the lawn at Boys Town? Child labor laws in an institutional setting
Michael DeBow: The regulation of orphanages : A survey and critique
Joseph L. Maxwell, III: Funding our children's future : The interplay of funding and regulatory philosophies on private children's homes
Del Bradshaw, Donald Wyant, Richard B. McKenzie: The cost of care in institutions and families
Richard B. McKenzie.: Part IV. The path to reformRethinking orphanages for the 21st century : A search for reform of the nation's child welfare system
