Foster Care In The U.S. is a comprehensive, overall, introduction to the U.S. foster care program. It is written to educate, inform and bring about change, knowledge and understanding to an institution that is shrouded in secrecy, known for its failures and ridiculed for its lack of forward progress. In this edition, you will learn about the history of foster care, the laws that govern how the program runs and operates, the Psychology and Sociology behind the failure rate of children in foster care, the sociocultural structure of foster care, the physical, psychological and psychosocial trademarks that characterize the institution and much more.