Axford / Berry / Little Forty Years of Research, Policy and Practice in Children's Services

A Festschrift for Roger Bullock
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-01475-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Founded in 1963, Dartington Social Research Unit conductsscientific research into child development within the context ofchildren?s services with a view to informing interventions forchildren in need. Originating from a festschrift to celebrate thework of Roger Bullock, one of Dartington?s first researchers and aFellow of the Centre for Social Policy, this book from aprestigious author team examines developments in children?sservices over the past forty years, providing a context for futurepolicy making. Ten key areas are covered including foster care andfamily support, while two overview chapters explore ?40 years ofSocial Research? and ?Gaps in the Knowledge and Future Challenges?.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Axford, Nick

Berry, Vashti

Little, Michael

Morpeth, Louise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
About the Cover.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: SETTING THE SCENE.
1. Introduction (Nick Axford, Vashti Berry, Michael Little andLouise Morpeth).
2. Then and Now (Roy Parker).
Part II: CHILDREN'S SERVICES FROM DIFFERENTPERSPECTIVES.
3. Forty Years of Educational Change (Ewan Anderson).
4. Children in Residence (Roger Clough).
5. Reforming Juvenile Justice (Henri Giller).
6. Young Offenders, Mental Health and Secure Care (SueBailey).
7. Stability through Adoption for Children in Care (JuneThoburn).
8. Going Home or Staying Away (Ian Sinclair).
9. Child Protection (David Berridge).
10. The Evolution of Family Support (Michael Little and RuthSinclair).
11. Research into the Family Justice System (Mervyn Murch andDouglas Hooper).
Part III: LOOKING FORWARDS.
12. European Developments in Juvenile Delinquency and JuvenileJustice (Peter van der Laan and Monika Smit).
13. Creative Arts and Social Research (Roger Bullock).
14. Where Next for Social Research at Dartington? (Nick Axfordand Louise Morpeth).
15. Messages for Research, Policy and Practice inChildren's Services (Nick Axford, Vashti Berry, MichaelLittle, Jill Madge and Louise Morpeth).
Appendix A: Roger Bullock - A Brief Biography.
Appendix B: Roger Bullock's Main Publications.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Nick Axford has been at Dartington since 1997 after workingfor the Shaftesbury Society in a family centre in London. He wasjointly responsible for a Department of Health study on patterns ofneed and service use among children living in the community, andcurrently works on an evaluation of an innovative programme fordisaffected young people, using a random allocation design. He isjoint author of a review for the Department for Education andSkills of the literature on refocusing children's servicestowards prevention, and has been closely involved in developing andimplementing several practice tools with clinical and planningfunctions. In 2003 he completed a PhD on childhood socialexclusion.
Vashti Berry joined the Dartington Unit in 2001 afterworking on the Equal Opportunities Policy Team at NorthamptonshireCounty Council. Prior to this she was an academic tutor at theUniversity of Natal in Durban, South Africa. She is studying for aPhD on the differential effects of domestic violence and childabuse on children's development, and working on a randomallocation evaluation of a programme for young people who displayantisocial behaviour. She has completed a small-scale study ofasylum-seeking and refugee children and families in Ireland andco-authored best practice papers on user involvement and pre-schoolfamily support facilities.
Michael Little Building on an established researchcentre, Michael is co-founder with Roger Bullock of a collection ofresearch, development and dissemination activities known as theWarren House Group at Dartington. At the University ofChicago's Chapin Hall Center for Children he leads a study ofchild development in the context of residential education. Anacknowledged expert on child protection, out of home care and youthjustice Michael has also supported efforts to improve internationalnetworks of policy makers, managers, researchers and practitionersworking with children in need. He holds appointments at theUniversities of Bath and Chicago and is the author/joint author of15 books and eight practice tools aimed at helping put researchinto practice.
Louise Morpeth moved to Dartington in 1997 after workingfor four years as a community health development co-ordinator withNorth Staffordshire Health Authority. She was jointly responsiblefor a Department of Health study on patterns of need and serviceuse among children living in the community and has been involved indesigning, implementing and evaluating new interventions, usingneed data gathered using Matching Needs and Services in arural district in England. She has co-authored several practicetools aimed at getting research into practice, and in 2004completed a PhD on the effects of the organisation ofchildren's services on outcomes for children in need.