Residential care of children [electronic resource] : comparative perspectives / edited by Mark E. Courtney, Dorota Iwaniec. Courtney, Mark E. Iwaniec, Dorota. Children Institutional care Case studies. Children Institutional care Cross-cultural studies. HV862 362.732 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This work fills major gaps in knowledge about residential care of children and is sure to inform ongoing debates within and between nations about the appropriate use of such institutions. It examines factors that have contributed to the observed pattern of development of residential care of children. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. c2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (xiii, 217 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309188.001.0001 eng