Out of care and into care again: A Danish register‐based study of children placed in out-of‐home care before their third birthday

Mads Bonde Ubbesen, Liselotte Petersen, Preben Bo Mortensen and Ole Steen Kristensen

Children and Youth Services Review, 2012, vol. 34, issue 11, 2147-2155

Abstract: When children are reunited with their families of origin and the reasons for placing them in out-of-home care no longer exist, it is usually considered a good outcome. Unfortunately, some children are later returned to care. The objective of this register-based study is to describe in terms of rates the processes of reunification and re-entry, involving children placed in out-of-home care before their third birthday. Furthermore, the objective is to study whether individual and parental characteristics predict reunifications and re-entries.

Keywords: Out-of‐home care; Evaluation; Reunification; Re-entry; Foster care; Administrative data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.07.014

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