In this paper, I will focus on the variations in interaction in a home for 'emotionally disturbed' children between members of the staff and the inmates, how these variations are related to the broader organizational context," and how these variations affect the fates of the children and help or hinder the goals of the home." (Author)

While maternity homes are deviant-housing institutions, they differ from institutions that have been typically studied in a number of respects crucial to the inmates' experience. In a variety of ways, maternity homes underwrite moral reprieve and moral reinstatement. (Author/DB)