Infant removals: The need to address the over-representation of Aboriginal infants and community concerns of another ‘stolen generation’

Melissa O’Donnell, Stephanie Taplin, Rhonda Marriott, Fernando Lima, Fiona J. Stanley - Child Abuse & Neglect

This study will determine where disparities in child protection involvement exist among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and characteristics associated with infant removals.

Human trafficking victimization among youth who run away from foster care

Natasha E. Latzman, Deborah A. Gibbs, Rose Feinberg, Marianne N. Kluckman, Sue Aboul-Hosn - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper uses administrative data to describe the characteristics and experiences of a population of youth in the child welfare system considered to be at particularly high risk of victimization: youth who have run away from foster care.

Mapping the evidence about what works to safely reduce the number of children and young people in statutory care: a systematic scoping review

Brand, S.L., Morgan, F., Stabler, L., Weightman, A.L., Willis, S., Searchfeld, L., Meindl, M., Wood, S., Nurmatov, U., Kemp, A., Turley, R., Scourfeld, J., Forrester, D., Evans, R - What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care

This study is a scoping review to explore what research evidence exists about what works in safely reducing the number of children and young people in care.

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Differences in educational achievement in norm- and criterion-referenced grading systems for children and youth placed in out-of-home care in Sweden

Alli Klapp - Children and Youth Services Review

The overall purpose of the study was to investigate how two different grading systems, the norm-referenced and the criterion-referenced garaging systems influence the educational achievement for children and youths placed in out-of-home care.

After Child Maltreatment: The Importance of Voice for Youth in Foster Care

Goldfarb D, Tashjian SM, Goodman GS, Bederian-Gardner D, Hobbs SD, Cordón IM, Ogle CM, Bakanosky S, Narr RK, Chae Y, NYTD/CYTD Research Group - Journal of Interpersonal Violence

This study tests the prediction that foster youth who perceive having more opportunity for voice, even indirectly via a representative, more favorably rate the dependency system.