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Children Returning Home: The Re-unification of Families

By Roger Bullock, etc., Daniel Gooch, Michael Little (all of the Dartington Social Research Unit)

Foster Carers: Why They Stay and Why They Leave

By Kate Wilson, Ian Sinclair, Ian Gibbs

Parental Substance Misuse and Child Welfare

By Brynna Kroll and Andy Taylor

Assessing Children's Needs and Circumstances: The Impact of the Assessment Framework

By Al Aynsley-Green, Steve Walker, Hedy Cleaver

Promoting Children's Emotional Well-being: Messages from Research

By Ann Buchanan (Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research, Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research, University of Oxford), Barbara Hudson (Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research, Department of Applied Soc...

Gender, Emotion, and the Family

By Leslie Brody

The Role of the Father in Child Development

By Michael E. Lamb

"Involved" Fathering and Child Well-Being: Fathers' Involvement with Secondary School Age Children

By Elaine Welsh, Ann Buchanan, Eirini Flouri, Jane Lewis

Making Men into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood

By Barbara Hobson (Stockholms Universitet)

Grandparenting in Britain: A Baseline Study

By Geoff Dench, Jim Ogg

Fathers and Fatherhood in Britain

By Louie Burghes, Lynda Clarke

Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences

By Gary Clapton

When Father Kills Mother: Helping Children Move Through Trauma and Grief

By Dora Black, Jean Harris Hendriks, Tony Kaplan

Fatherhood: Contemporary Theory, Research, and Social Policy

By William Marsiglio

Father figures: fathers in the families of the 1990s

By Children in Scotland, Peter Moss

From Here to Maternity:Becoming a Mother

By Ann Oakley

Absent Fathers?

By Jonathan Bradshaw, Christine Skinner, Carol Stimson, Julie Williams

Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family

By Murray A. Straus, Richard J. Gelles, Suzanne Steinmetz

Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma

By Vernon R. Wiehe

Trauma-Organized Systems: Physical and Sexual Abuse in Families

By Arnon Bentovim

Physical Violence in American Families

By Murray Straus

Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically

By Ilan Katz (Children and Young People's Unit, London, UK), John Pinkerton (Queen's University of Belfast

The Construction of Racial Identity in Children of Mixed Parentage: Mixed Metaphors

By Ilan Katz

Developing Adoption Support and Therapy: New Approaches for Practice

By Barry Luckock, Angie Hart

Children's Reflections On Family Life

By Michele Moore

Stopping Family Violence: Research Priorities for the Coming Decade

By David Finkelhor, Gerald T. Hotaling, Kersti Yllo

Children Who Commit Acts of Serious Interpersonal Violence: Messages for Best Practice

By Renuka Jeyarajah Dent, Ann Hagell

Teenagers in the Family

By Debi Roker, John C. Coleman, Ph. D., Claire Rayner

Preventing Child Maltreatment through Social Support: A Critical Analysis

By Ross A. Thompson

Child Protection and Family Support: Tensions, Contradictions and Possibilities

By Nigel Parton