Young people’s transitions from care to adulthood : cross national perspectives

Concerns have increasingly been raised about the difficulties experienced by young people making the transition from care to adulthood in the developed world. Academics from 16 countries attended a series of cross-national seminars to comprehensively describe young people’s transitions in different countries; analyse four-cross cutting themes (welfare regimes, legal and policy frameworks, the use of secondary data, and research findings); and to summarise messages for policy and practice.