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A sociological approach to foster care and future research would be extremely beneficial. This is because the use of sociological perspective enables numerous aspects and variables to be considered along with answering more "why" questions considering how those in or out of foster care made to their current state. Social workers are essential in the foster care world, as they are able to provide perspective and answers, that simple biased reattach may actually cause missleading information to harm those in foster care. 

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A sociological approach to foster care and future research would be extremely beneficial. This is because the use of sociological perspective enables numerous aspects and variables to be considered along with answering more "why" questions considering how those in or out of foster care made to their current state. Social workers are essential in the foster care world, as they are able to provide perspective and answers, that simple biased reattach may actually cause missleading information to harm those in foster care. 

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Who benefits most from college? Evidence for negative selection in heterogeneous economic returns to higher education.Brand JE, Xie Y

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Who benefits most from college? Evidence for negative selection in heterogeneous economic returns to higher education.Brand JE, Xie Y

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This study by Janie E. Brand an Yu Xie analyzes the factors that play a role into the benefits received post-college education. Overall,  this study focuses on factors like class attendance, economic profit, and family history. Quantitative data is most utilized in this study, which includes a series's of predicted equations and statistical analysis methods to comprehend the data received on economic input after college. There are numerous charts, with numerical data present to support this quantitative study.

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Statistically less relevant than other sociological  debates

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Statistically less relevant than other sociological  debates

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When analyzing statistics lane, it was concluded that only 1 percent of the 74 million children ever enter the foster care system. To some, this may seem like a number that not significant enough to consider a real issue. In reality, one percent of the population of the children were the ones that actually made it through the entire screening process, of being considered a victim and then approved safe to enter the foster care system.  This "small percent" is also enough to make a demographic impact on each state in the United States.

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A sociological approach allows us to sees the different sides/ factors of an issue. Using a sociological approach to look at the issue with the foster care system would help us better understand the different levels of the problem, who it is affecting, and what we can individually do to fix it. 

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A sociological approach allows us to sees the different sides/ factors of an issue. Using a sociological approach to look at the issue with the foster care system would help us better understand the different levels of the problem, who it is affecting, and what we can individually do to fix it. 

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I think sociologists haven’t done more research on young people in foster care because it is more difficult to keep up with children who can sometimes move multiple times a year. Additionally, this topic is not as popular or commonly thought about as other social issues (especially recently).

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Child protection and child outcomes - measuring the effects of foster care

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Child protection and child outcomes - measuring the effects of foster care

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This study is by Joseph Doyle and it focuses on the effects foster care has on children’s lives and futures. This study uses qualitative data because they collected non-numerical data.

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It is acknowledged in the article that social scientists have paid little attention to children in foster care. That being said, the author discusses many social events that are consequential for child well-being and can potentially influence the lifelong impacts and quality of foster care. By taking a sociological approach to foster care, we can identify larger public issues that have an impact on the foster care population. For example, looking through the lens of racial inequality to studying the impact of mass incarceration on minority children and how it relates to foster care outcomes.

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One of the reasons sociologists have not conduced more research on young people in foster care is the difficulty of following cases for a long duration of time. For example, if sociologists want to study the correlation between foster care and developmental issues, they may need to follow individual cases for years. This task can become difficult when the children are frequently relocated.

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A sociological approach to foster care would be helpful in figuring out what the foster children actually need. A foster child probably has different needs than an upper class child, a sociological approach will help find what they need without bias from our subjective point of view.

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I feel like it is difficult to conduct research on foster care children because in order to produce better results they would need to do more case studies. Case studies require the researchers to keep up with the same children over the course of years. Conducting many case studies at a time is difficult for researchers to keep track of.

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Estimating the "impact" of out-of-home placement on child well-being: approaching the problem of selection bias by Lawrence M. Berger and Jane Waldfogel

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Estimating the "impact" of out-of-home placement on child well-being: approaching the problem of selection bias by Lawrence M. Berger and Jane Waldfogel

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The study draws from quantitative data to estimate the effect of a child's foster care placement on their developmental outcome. The study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth; the outcomes (Child living out of home, child living with relatives, etc.) are quantified and organized into a table along with child and family characteristics. A model is then created from this data to predict the effects of family resources and family structure on a child's developmental outcome.

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Burden and Consequences of Child Maltreatment in High-Income Countries

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Burden and Consequences of Child Maltreatment in High-Income Countries

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This research study was done by Professor Ruth Gilbert Prof Cathy Spatz Widom et al. They studied the mistreatment of children in high income countries. This research study used mixed methods of both qualitative and quantitative data. It used surveys for quantitative data and interviews for qualitative data.

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A sociological approach to foster care may be helpful because it would allow research to focus on the issue as a whole and the many factors that can effect someone on the individual level rather than generalizations we may make about the issue. I think it's important to research the many factors that play into foster care issues systematically that are causing the individual to experience their personal hardships- overall I think it would allow greater understanding and perspective.

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I think that sociologists probably find it difficult to do research on young people in foster care not only because the system is always changing but also because it would require them to observe or study individuals in the system over time and their lives might also always be shifting. Studying these individuals may also be ethically complex and require a lot of funding that I'm unsure where it would come from.

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care by Joseph Doyle 

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care by Joseph Doyle 

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This study focuses on how the placement of children in different foster care situations affect their lives long term. This study is clearly qualitative because it is based solely on observations.

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A sociological approach to this issue would be useful because then we could get an inside glimpse of the issue.  To a spectator, the foster care system may seem to be working but flawed.  However, those in the system might see the problem differently and understand the root of it.

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I believe that sociologists haven’t done more research on young people in foster care because the issue isn’t visible to the public.  Not only that, but the shifting of the system would also make it difficult to keep an eye on those that are being studied.

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care.

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care.

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This study focused on the placement of children and how that would impact them later in life.  The study uses qualitative research methods as it is observing their placement and involves no figures.

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We need to be able to understand the individual struggles of young kids in foster care as well as put that into quantifiable data. The sociological approach best supports that since we are taught to use a mix of qualitative and quantitative data in order to see the effects on kids in foster care.

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I believe it begins with sociologists not even knowing that it is a problem. This is when it comes down to comparing a personal problem to a public issue. Sociologists like to focus are studying bigger issues within larger groups and there are simply not a lot of young people in foster care compared to those who are not.

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Neighborhood mechanisms and the spatial dynamics of birth weight: Jeffrey D Morenoff 1

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Neighborhood mechanisms and the spatial dynamics of birth weight: Jeffrey D Morenoff 1

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This article looks at the correlation of birth weight to neighborhood relations (violence, location, etc.). They use primarily quantitative data by surveying over 300 births and creating statistics from that.

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A sociological approach would allow for the problems to be looked at as more people centric rather than issue centric. If we focused more on the people than on the issue itself, we could work on a solution that helps the person instead. That would be a more effective method.

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I think it is a continuously changing area of study so it is hard to really track and compare over time. The foster home system changes in different areas too with the availability of foster home and orphanage style housing. If there was a more consistent basis of the foster system across time and the country, then it would be easier to study.

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes - Measuring the Effects of Foster Care by Joseph Doyle 

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes - Measuring the Effects of Foster Care by Joseph Doyle 

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The report studies the impacts of foster care placements on the lives of children and the subsequent outcomes. It is a qualitative study, because it observes the outcomes and the differences it has on different children in the system.

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"Protecting abused and neglected children" by Wald, M.S. et al.

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"Protecting abused and neglected children" by Wald, M.S. et al.

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This is one of the studies that the article highlights. The study focused on the question: Is it better to leave abused and neglected children at home and provide services to the family or to put the children in foster care? The study used quantitative data, such as academic performance, but also seemed to use qualitative data, such as personal happiness and social skills. The study also attempted to determine if foster care provides adequate emotional support for children.

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As the article states, a sociological approach may be able to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative studies. Both are important for understanding the effect of foster care on young people, but a strictly qualitative approach may miss the big picture, and a strictly quantitative approach may turn individual cases into a mere number, and may ignore the more personal effects that individuals may be facing. I think that a healthy mix of quantitative and qualitative research procedures, brought upon by a sociological approach, may be vital to further understanding the effects of foster care on children.

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I think that one reason that sociologists have not done more research on young people in foster care is that there are so any factors and variables involved that it can be difficult to produce meaningful results. The article talked about how the four highlighted studies produced inconsistent results, but when the research design was taken into consideration, the results could be partially reconciled. Depending on how you look at data, it can be interpreted in different ways; it is not black and white, but gray. I think that this makes it a difficult topic to study, and may deter sociologists from studying it.

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There are a series of authors of the study I chose a few of them being Gilbert R, Widom CS, and Browne K. The study is entitled "Burden and Consequences of Child Mistreatment in High-Income Countries" and focused on point-in-time risks of foster care placement. I would say this study is quantitatively based as it features mostly statistics.

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It can be difficult to conduct research on the foster care system, because there are constant changes within in (new kids, new homes, etc.). Not to mention the foster care system is often put on the back burner, as under one percent of children enter foster care each year in America.

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A sociological approach allows us to study problems people face in different societies. Researchers can look at the situations from different perspectives and how foster care impacts the development of not just the people/kids affected, but how the community is affected as well.

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I think a sociological approach to foster care would be helpful as it would allow us to develop a better understanding of what the foster care system is actually like and how it can be improved. This could be done using tools such as observations, interviews, sociological imagination, and sociological mindfulness.

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The article discusses that there is difficulty studying the foster care system due to some of the processes involved within foster care. Additionally, it is hard to study things in foster care because it happens over a period of time, not at once.

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Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty (Desmond, Matthew)

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Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty (Desmond, Matthew)

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Both Qualitative and Quantitative data were utilized in this study. Qualitative data, in the form of ethnographic analysis, was used to understand the reason for eviction, and quantitative data was collected to see where eviction occurred most.

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I believe that a sociological approach would be helpful to foster care because it can bring awareness to others through science and research that the foster care system is a public issue. Also, through our sociological mannerism, we can research and interview young people within the foster care system with better knowledge of how to talk to others rather than having no social skills when talking to other people.

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Sociologists most likely have not been doing more research on young people in foster care, because many people may not understand that the foster care system is not a personal trouble, but a public issue. Also, it may be hard for sociologists to do more research because of the fact that the foster care system isn't as organized as it should so it could be hard to research young people.

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Measuring Racial Disparity in Child Welfare by Terry V. Shaw, and more

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Measuring Racial Disparity in Child Welfare by Terry V. Shaw, and more

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The author of this article/study are Terry V. Shaw, Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Joseph Magruder,
and Barbara Needell. The title is "Measuring Racial Disparity in Child Welfare". They studied and statistically analyzed race in the foster care system. They statistically analyzed percentages of different races within the foster care system, which is quantitative data because they measure through numbers. They also used tables to compare the racial disparity within the foster care system and found there are more Black foster children compared to other races, based on proportions and statistical analysis.

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Like many other people in this thread have mentioned, it is just difficult to study things like foster care that happen over an extended period of time and the myriad of variables present. It has also been marginalized (unfortunately) to allow for other matters to take precedence.

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Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty (Desmond, Matthew)

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Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty (Desmond, Matthew)

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This author used both qualitative and quantitative analyses to study the prevalence of eviction in the lives of poor people living in urban areas. He used quantitative data to understand where is eviction is more common, then a qualitative, ethnographic analysis, based on field work among evicted tenants to understand the reasoning behind eviction.

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"With few exceptions (e.g., Schwartz, 2004), however, research on foster care has been dominated by quantitative research, limiting our understanding and making it impossible for us to fully grasp the inner workings of the foster care system." Wow this is good, as well as relevant to what we discussed last class. A sociological approach would hopefully go beyond numbers and statistics to understanding the real problem.

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I think it is important and helpful in using a sociological approach to foster care in order to better understand the struggles that individuals in the system may be facing in order to help mitigate social issues. By collecting and analyzing empirical data, we are able to get closer to understanding these issues.

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It can be difficult to measure and observe people when they are hopping from foster care to foster care.

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Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries by Ruth Gilbert et al.

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Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries by Ruth Gilbert et al.

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This research studied child maltreatment in high-income countries. This study used mixed methods of both qualitative and quantitative data as they used surveys and interviews.

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A sociological approach to this research is important to bridge the gap between different disciplines. It compiles all of the data to make connections with a cohesive understanding, and possible solutions to the issues.

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The study discusses how research is primarily focused and interested on the lives on individuals. However, there are systemic issues that could discuss whether foster care creates or is a reflection of social inequality. It is hard to measure data for quantitative results needed to explain these theoretical concepts. The study also mentions that an interdisciplinary approach is essential, for instance, developmental psychological effects on how this factors into studying the effects of foster care on children is important. Another reason, this is hard to measure is because of the varying effects that each child faces.

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Understanding Social Network Disruption: The Case of Youth in Foster Care by Brea L. Perry

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Understanding Social Network Disruption: The Case of Youth in Foster Care by Brea L. Perry

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This study discusses how little research has been done into examining the psychological distress to individuals who lose their “network ties”, specifically adolescents who have been placed into foster care.  The author uses mixed methods because the study utilizes telephone surveys, as well as quantitative data within the study.

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A sociological approach would not only be helpful because of the thoughtful considerations of peoples backgrounds and childhoods, but also because of the "union of qualitative and quantitative methods," as the article states.

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For this topic numerical data can only do so much as to show statistics. A lot of the lasting effects of foster care on children are qualitative which can sometimes be more difficult to measure.

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care by Joseph Doyle 

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care by Joseph Doyle 

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This study is about the effects children's foster care placements on their life outcomes. I can tell it is a qualitative study because it is an observant study about different life outcomes these children have based on their placements in the foster care system.

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I think a sociological approach would be helpful for a couple reasons as mentioned in the article. Firstly, children in foster care are an important group to help and sociology is a unique bridge between empirical and theoretical work. Secondly sociology could help us identify what inequality means for foster care and how to help the children in the system.

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The article mentions that there is difficulty studying the foster care system due to some of the processes involved in foster care. This can lead to problems on both the micro and macro scales.

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Work, Welfare, and Child Maltreatment by Christina Paxson and Jane Waldfogel

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Work, Welfare, and Child Maltreatment by Christina Paxson and Jane Waldfogel

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The study is about how maltreatment is related to parental economic circumstances. They use quantitative data, which is evident by the statistics they use about poverty, income, and maltreatment cases.

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Sociological approaches tend to consider all possible reasoning. They also study problems people face in the societies. This allows researchers to look at the situations from different perspectives and how foster care impacts the development of the people and the community.

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High-risk neighborhoods and high-risk families: the human ecology of child maltreatment J Garbarino, D Sherman

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High-risk neighborhoods and high-risk families: the human ecology of child maltreatment J Garbarino, D Sherman

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The above study compares types of families in high risk or low risk neighborhoods. They interviewed people in the different neighborhoods to see if there was a difference in evaluation of neighborhoods and family development. They use levels of stresses and supports which is qualitative data. The use of naming stresses and supports makes the data qualitative because it's not numbers it's descriptors of the neighborhood.

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Small number of young people in foster care

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Small number of young people in foster care

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I think sociologists do not do a lot of research on young people in foster care because it is a small percent of young people all over the world. Considering less than 1% of young people are entered into the foster care program each year, it is difficult for sociologists to gain much information when the population is that small.