Evaluating Family Programs: Current Issues in Theory and Policy

by Francine Jacobs and Heather B. Weiss

The diverse composition of American families and changing ways of raising our children have become subjects of intense scrutiny by researchers and policymakers in recent years. Shifting demographics and work patterns, growing numbers of women in the work force, teenage pregnancy, single-parent families, and the deinstitutionalization of the elderly, disabled, and mentally ill--all these trends have significantly affected family life. Evaluating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202362159
• ISBN13: 9780202362151
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"