SPECIALIST FOSTER FAMILY CARE FOR DELINQUENT YOUTH

Authors Burt Galaway, Richard W. Nutter, Joe Hudson, and Malcolm Hill contend that the current focus on treatment-oriented or specialist fos ter family care as a resource for emotionally or psychiatrically impai red children and youths may disguise its potential to serve delinquent youngsters. They report the results of a survey of 266 specialist fos ter family care programs in North America and the United Kingdom. Amon g their findings were that 43 percent of the programs admitted delinqu ent youths and that the delinquents were as likely to be successful in the programs as were nondelinquent youths.