Adoption Now: Messages from Research (Book).

Adoption policy and practice is currently under scrutiny and its future shape in England and Wales is about to be announced by the government. A recent SSI inspection of adoption services which found large numbers of children waiting for families resulted in adoption services being slammed as 'unacceptable and in a crisis' (Browne 2000). As a consequence, there is a clear determination to bring adoption back into the mainstream of children's services; it is estimated that 1000 more children in care could benefit from adoption (Collier 2000). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]