Citizens’ views in four jurisdictions on placement policies for maltreated children
A survey asked 4,003 members of representative population samples in four jurisdictions to respond to a child-placement scenario. Overall, 75% favoured adoption and 25% long-term foster care. Responses differed in their correspondence with existing national practice. This is evidence about public attitudes towards decisions affecting children, not evidence that either placement produces better outcomes.
Limitations: A hypothetical scenario and public opinions rather than adoptee testimony. The overall percentage combines jurisdictions and is not an England-specific estimate. Responses may depend on how the scenario and options were worded.
- Research type
- Survey vignette study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Cross-national public attitudes to permanent placement
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption from care, adoption system
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England; Finland; Norway; USA (California)
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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