Julie Shaw is a Research Fellow in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and has previously worked as a Probation Officer. She is co-author of Young People and the Care Experience: Research, Policy and Practice.

• Introduction 1. Developments and Experiences in Residential Care 2. Policy Context of Research 3. Introducing the Research Study: Theory and Method 4. Disempowerment, Responsibility and Difference 5. Solidarity, Conflict and the Residential Regime 6. Instability, Homogeneity and Isolation 7. 'Policing', Power and Perceptions 8. Key Findings and Implications for Policy and Practice