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Download full textSherraden, Michael – 1992
This essay examines the youth policies and programs of the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden, and Norway in an effort to provide examples that may be of assistance in the development of such policies in the United States. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the topic, noting that the focus is on younger adolescents between the ages of 10…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cross Cultural Studies
Backe-Hansen, Elisabeth – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Presents data about the decision-making processes leading to a suggestion of committal to care for a sample of Norwegian children. Suggests that parent characteristics, primarily substance abuse and psychiatric illness, were the main reasons for suggesting committal to care, while the children themselves were fairly invisible in the process.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
