‘Foster Home Breakdown’ by David Berridge and Hedy Cleaver
A detailed study providing guidance to social workers on what works
Robert Shaw
‘Child Care Now: A Survey of Placement Patterns’ by Jane Rowe, Marion Hundleby and Louise Garnett
Social workers’ views as to what works
‘Cottage Six: The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment’ by Howard W Polsky
A neutral stance is impossible for a participant observer.
‘After Grace, Teeth: A Comparative Study of Residential Experience of Boys in Approved Schools’ by Spencer Millham, Roger Bullock and Paul Cherrett
Spencer Millham, Roger Bullock and Paul, Cherrett (1975) After Grace, Teeth: A Comparative Study of Residential Experience of Boys in Approved Schools London Human Context 0 903137 11 9 Following his successful collaboration with Royston Lambert, head of the Social Research Unit at King’s College, Cambridge, in a sociological study of boarding schools (Lambert and … Read more
‘Adoption: A Second Chance’ by Barbara Tizard
The benefits of adoption compared with foster care and return home
‘Expanding the Options in Child Placement’ by Anita Wiener and Eugene Wiener
Research into adoption, fostering and residential care with surprising conclusions
‘Children Referred to Closed Units’ by Pat Cawson and Mary Martell
The ignored facts about young people who were locked up
‘The Development of Secure Units in Child Care’ by G J Blumenthal
An architect’s analysis of secure care
Vetting : From a Different Point of View
The lessons about what works have been ignored.
‘Controls from Within’ by Fritz Redl and David Wineman
Ways to manage problem behaviour
‘The Other 23 Hours’ by Albert Trieschman, James Whittaker and Larry Brendtro
Practical advice on residential child care
‘Young Children in Brief Separation’ by James and Joyce Robertson
Lessons about what does – and does not – damage children