{"product_id":"foster-care-and-best-interests-of-the-child-integrating-research-policy-and-practice-paperback","title":"Foster Care and Best Interests of the Child: Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah A. Font\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth T. Gershoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis brief examines the U.S. foster care system and seeks to explain why the foster care system functions as it does and how it can be improved to serve the best interest of children. It defines and evaluates key challenges that undermine child safety and well-being in the current foster care system. Chapters highlight the competing values and priorities of the system as well as the pros and cons for the use of foster care. In addition, chapters assess whether the performance objectives in which states are evaluated by the federal government are sufficient to achieve positive health and well-being outcomes for children who experience foster care. Finally, it offers recommendations for improving the system and maximizing positive outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics featured in this brief include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegal aspects of removal and placement of children in foster care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe effectiveness of prior efforts to reform foster care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe regulation and quality of foster homes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupport for youth aging out of the foster care system.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRacial and ethnic disparities in the foster care system.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoster Care and the Best Interests of the Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law\/criminal justice, and sociology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah A. Font, Ph.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and is a faculty member of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. Her research focuses on how the child protective services and foster care systems work to further or undermine child well-being. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth T. Gershoff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Ph.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences and is Associate Director of the Population Research Center, both at the University of Texas at Austin. She has published extensively on the topic of physical punishment and is an internationally recognized expert on the effects that physical punishment by parents or by school personnel has on children. She earned her Ph.D. in Child Development from the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 103\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710039134271,"sku":"9783030411459","price":113.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6f1505d6ff681110bfaafe4e2e6a28f0.webp?v=1765053590","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/foster-care-and-best-interests-of-the-child-integrating-research-policy-and-practice-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}