New Hope for the Teenage Outcast: The Family Placement of Disturbed and Delinquent Adolescents

Described is a 5-year foster home program involving 156 problem adolescents (aged 14-17) in Kent, England. Foster parents were relatively well paid, & the program offered a rewarding career alternative to intelligent women who did not wish to work outside their homes. Over 70% of the adolescents...

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Published in:International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 1982-01, Vol.26 (1), p.62-71
Main Author: Hazel, K. Nancy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence/Adolescent/Adolescents
Delinquency, juvenile
Disturb/Disturbed/Disturbing
England/English (see also Britain, Great Britain, UK)
Foster care
Foster/Fosters/Fosterage/ Fosterhome/ Fosterhomes
Juvenile offenders
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Summary:Described is a 5-year foster home program involving 156 problem adolescents (aged 14-17) in Kent, England. Foster parents were relatively well paid, & the program offered a rewarding career alternative to intelligent women who did not wish to work outside their homes. Over 70% of the adolescents exhibited marked behavioral improvement, supporting the hypothesis that foster parents with children of their own could cope better & provide greater continuity of care than social workers or residential care facilities. Complete details of the project are provided in A Bridge to Independence: The Kent Family Placement Project (Hazel, K. Nancy, Oxford: Blackwell, 1981). 10 References. K. Hyatt.
ISSN:0306-624X
1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X8202600110