This article presents an overview of the few studies carried out so far in the European residential institutions, including children’s homes, over the years 1940–2011 in the UK, Germany, Romania, and Poland.

The current study addressed gaps in research on early out of home care and permanency planning through a comparison of two samples of children in Scotland: 110 children born in 2003, and 117 born in 2013, all of whom were placed under compulsory measures of supervision prior to three years of age.

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study based on in‐depth interviews and participant observation in 3 Norwegian family centres.

This article is based on research about children in long-term care. It focuses on the factors that help and hinder a child being and feeling stable in their foster home and having a sense of permanence.

This article is based on research about children in long-term care. It focuses on the factors that help and hinder a child being and feeling stable in their foster home and having a sense of permanence.

This article examines the practice of child-centered principles in the UK child protection and public child law systems.

This systematic review sought to address the lack of knowledge as to what creates setbacks and rejections during young people's transition out of care and how the youth may overcome influences of their foster care history and their experiences while in care.

This report presents the findings of a UK national Enquiry into the role of the social worker in adoption with a focus on ethics and human rights.

This paper examines the post-compulsory educational pathways of young people who have spent some or all of their childhoods in local authority.

This book makes a distinctive contribution to reflections on what child-centred practice means in the complex area of child welfare.