Living on the Edge, Innovative Research on Leaving Care and Transitions to Adulthood

Year

2024

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-44736-631-7

Link

Last Update

10-Jan-2026

Keywords

Social Work

Description

Research on leaving residential and foster care and transitioning towards young adulthood has been burgeoning in recent years. A solid foundation of knowledge about care-leaving processes and outcomes has been laid, albeit largely in a few Global North countries. This knowledge foundation has edges that have been neglected, even overlooked. Young people leaving care are, in many ways, ‘on the edge’, as they transition between childhood and adulthood, care and independence, school and work. This book aims to shed light on these aspects of leaving care, by reporting about on-the-edge research. The book addresses edgy topics regarding specific groups of...