Finding Lost Childhoods Supporting Care-Leavers to Access Personal R
This book explores care-leavers’ access to their personal records. People who grew up in care in previous decades may know little about their family nor understand why they were placed in care nor how decisions were made about their lives. Personal record
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SUELLEN MURRAY
Finding Lost Childhoods
Suellen Murray
Finding Lost Childhoods Supporting Care-Leavers to Access Personal Records
Suellen Murray RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-57137-9 ISBN 978-3-319-57138-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57138-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946084 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: RGB Ventures / SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
First and foremost my sincere thanks go to the care-leavers who were involved in the research that underpins this book. They displayed great generosity and courage in recounting their life histories, describing their experiences of accessing their records and reflecting on the meaning these records held for them. Their accounts convinced me of the need to have as a starting point for work in this field a strong understanding of the importance of these records to care-leavers who may know very little about their family and childhood. This book is also informed by research I undertook with staff of record holders and support services in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. The combined length of time of their involvement in this work stretches to many decades and I am privileged to have had the benefit of their expert knowledge. My grateful thanks go to them for their insights which further informed my understanding of good practice, and the challenges, in this field. I offer a special thanks to Professor Cathy Humphreys of the University of Melbourne who invited me to participate in the multi-di
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