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Comparing outcomes for foster children to children left in their own homes
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Joseph Doyle of MIT, who did a study in 2007 comparing outcomes for children
left in their own homes to foster children taken from their homes in similar
cases, has a follow-up study.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
time, he compared which group was more likely to be arrested as adults.<SPAN
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original study, comparing youth employment, juvenile crime and teen pregnancy,
is available here: <A
href="http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fosterlt_march07_aer.pdf";>http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fosterlt_march07_aer.pdf</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The newer study can be found here:
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href="http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_jpe_aug08.pdf";>http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_jpe_aug08.pdf</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also of interest, a comparison
done by University of Minnesota researchers.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An abstract is available here: <A
href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=A33D0C6A4AD3574EEE47EDBBFDEECA83.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=405269";>http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=A33D0C6A4AD3574EEE47EDBBFDEECA83.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=405269</A>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Richard
Wexler<BR>Executive Director<BR>National Coalition for Child Protection
Reform<BR>53 Skyhill Road (Suite 202)<BR>Alexandria VA
22314<BR>703-212-2006<BR>www.nccpr.org</FONT></DIV></FONT><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="428404033f94a3abc09e992bb8a21be1"><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/><A HREF=http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221354145x1201369495/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215221161%3B37268813%3By>Limited Time Offers: Save big on popular laptops at Dell</A></font></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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