Young people in care and criminal behaviour /

Society holds a mistaken perception that links children in public care with criminal activity. This book addresses the lack of evidence supporting this potentially damaging assumption, analysing past research, critically examining current policy and combining theoretical insights from the discipline...

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Autor Principal: Fitzpatrick, Claire, 1976-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=167058
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What do we know about experiences of care
  • and after?
  • The current policy climate
  • Introducing the research study
  • Exploring the residential care experience
  • Developing secure attachments in the context of care
  • Experiences of education
  • Life after care : coping with independence
  • Key findings and implications for policy and practice.