Long-Term Follow-Up of Young Children Placed in Foster Care: Subsequent Placements and Exposure to Family Violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-28

  Litrownik, Alan J ^a,b,d   Newton, Rae ^c,d   Mitchell, Barbara E ^a,b,d   Richardson, Kelly K ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONGSCAN Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Family; Foster care; Reunification; Victim; Violence exposure; Witnessed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037241506     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021449330344     Document Type: Article

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