Decline of the American Orphanage, 1941-1980
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10535941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marshall B Jones (0000-0001-5038-0791, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-480 |
| Publication date | 1993-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/603999 |
| OpenAlex | W2068417569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
Orphanage care in America went into decline after World War II and by 1980 was no longer an important factor in American child welfare. The usual explanation is that child-welfare professionals considered institutional care to be undesirable, and the Social Security Act of 1935 made it possible for children who would otherwise have been placed in orphanages to be supported in their own homes. It was certainly more complicated than that. The purpose of this article is to reexamine the American orphanage from 1940 to 1980 and to construct a coherent, step-by-step account of what happened to orphanage care in those years
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2024 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |