2nd Edition
Adoption, Race, and Identity From Infancy to Young Adulthood
Edited By William Laufer
Copyright 2002
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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Adoption, Race, and Identity is a long-range study of the impact of interracial adoption on those adopted and their families. Initiated in 1972, it was continued in 1979, 1984, and 1991. Cumulatively, these four phases trace the subjects from early childhood into young adulthood. This is the only extended study of this controversial subject.Simon and Altstein provide a broad perspective of the... Read more
1: Transracial Adoption: An Overview; 2: Court Decisions Involving Transracial Adoptions; 3: Research Design; 4: Demographic Profiles of the Parents and Children; 5: The Parents’ Experiences; 6: The Children’s Experiences; 7: How the Parents’ and Children’s Accounts Match Up; 8: Problem Families; 9: Ordinary Families: A Collective Portrait; 10: The Fourth Phase; Concluding Comments
Biography
William Laufer
