The main purpose of this paper is to explore non-kin foster carers' sense of parental competence and analyze its determinants and predictors in non-kin foster families.

This study aimed to compare the rates of psychiatric diagnoses and criminal convictions in young adulthood (ages 18–25 years) among children who were first placed at ages 2–6 years with those of children who were not placed and who had similar sociodemographic and family characteristics.

This article explores the impacts of two common forms of early childhood adversity, maltreatment and placement in institutional care, on children's behavioral, psychiatric, and physical health into adulthood.

On the occasion of the Global Disability Summit, the UK Government became the first major donor of its kind to explicitly commit to promoting family and community-based care for all children.

The aim of the systematic review described in this article was to determine the outcome of child maltreatment in long-term childcare and the scope of the evidence base in this area.

In this study, the life stories of four foster mothers of victims of maternal sexual abuse were collected.

This study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements.

The objective of this study is to examine the intergenerational transmission of out-of-home care in Sweden.

This video shares the views of the Croatian partner's trainers, young people and care professionals involved in the "Prepare for Leaving Care" project training for care professionals.

This briefing paper is part of a series from the Howard League that explores some core principles to help protect children in residential care in the UK from criminalisation.