Roy Parker
Roy Parker (d. 2017) was Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the University of Bristol. Formerly he taught at the LSE. Before his academic career he worked as a child care officer and in residential care. Showing 1-2 of 2 items.
Change and Continuity in Children's Services
By Roy Parker
This collection of 12 new and revised essays on child care and children’s services gives a unique and lasting review of child care services explaining significant political, economic, legal and ideological aspects of this history from the mid-1850s.
Uprooted
The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917
By Roy Parker
This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915 and provides a vivid look at one aspect of the history of child welfare practices.