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Title: Fostering and Adoption in Scotland 1980-2010.
Author : Adoption & Fostering
Release Date : January 22, 2010
Genre: Family & Relationships,Books,Nonfiction,
Pages : * pages
Size : 215 KB

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Kirstie Maclean and Barbara Hudson identify differences in context, policy and practice, as well as the greater emphasis on children's rights and use of residential care, that distinguish Scotland from its neighbours 'down south'. Similarities and future aspirations for looked after children are also discussed. Although the Act of Union came into force in 1707, Westminster continued to debate and pass separate Scottish domestic legislation until the devolved Scottish Parliament was established in 1999 and took over this role. This has inevitably led to a number of policy and practice differences, for instance Children's Hearings rather than courts for most child welfare and criminal cases, no custodial establishment for under-16s (although proportionally higher use of secure care), one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world (8) and gay and lesbian couples barred from fostering until 2009.