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Douglas J. Besharov
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Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies
Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar Douglas J. Besharov
Besharov is director of AEI's Social and Individual Responsibility Project. He is a lawyer and former director of the U.S. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Besharov also teaches at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. 

Short Biography

Professional Experience
-Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, 1992-present
-Director, U.S. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1975-1979
-Faculty, Georgetown University, American University, the College of William and Mary, and New York University


Education
LL.M., New York University
J.D., New York University
B.A., Queens College


Articles and Short Publications
Two Cheers for American Welfare Reform
The New Kindergarten
Social Welfare Conservatism
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Books
Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
Ending Dependency
Rethinking WIC
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Events
Corporate Responsibility in an Era of New Internationalism
The Poverty of "The Poverty Rate": Measure and Mismeasure of Want in Modern America
Why Did Welfare Caseloads Collapse? The Mystery of Diversion
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Media Appearance
Insider Interview with Douglas J. Besharov
Speaking Engagements
From the Great Society to Continuous Improvement Government
Measuring Poverty in America
Investing in Early Childhood Education
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Related Links
Welfare Reform Academy
Research Areas
Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid)
Poverty (trends, causes, and remedies)
Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation)
Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births)
Child abuse/child welfare (foster care and delinquency)
Preschool and child care (Head Start)
Race and ethnicity (Affirmative Action and black middle class)
Research Projects
Welfare Reform Academy
Downloads
High-Resolution Photo
Contact Information
Douglas J. Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202-862-5904
Fax: 202-862-5802
E-mail: DBesharov@aei.org
Latest Book
Family and Child Well-Being
Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. [Read More]