Abstract
Although sociologists have studied the influence of social class upon education, mental illness, crime, organizational membership, friendship selections, and child rearing practices, little attention has been paid to the influence of social class upon legal processes. Legal processes are often concerned with defining and solving the social problems of a community. The types of legal problems experienced by the several social classes vary, as do the nature and number of contacts which people from different social classes have with attorneys. The ways in which legal institutions impinge upon and are used by members of different social classes is a fruitful issue for empirical study. The purpose of this study is to determine if social class exerts an influence upon adoption petitions. Do people from different social classes adopt children from different sources? Does the relationship of the adopted child to the adopting parents vary from one social class to another?
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