Revitalizing residential care for children and youth [electronic resource] : cross-national trends and challenges / edited by James K. Whittaker, Ph.D., Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor Emeritus School of Social Work, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States, Lisa Holmes, PhD, Professor, Applied Social Science, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom, Jorge F. Del Valle, Ph.D., Full Professor of Psychology Intervention, Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Spain, Sigrid James, Ph.D, Professor of Theory and Methods of Social Pedagogy University of Kassel, Department of Social Work and Social Welfare, Kassel, Germany.

"This volume addresses the question of how societies with developed welfare and social service systems are assessing current needs and future directions in their residential child and youth care sectors. This includes dealing with the historical concerns raised about the placement of children and yo...

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