When Home is in Jail: Child Development in Spanish Penitentiary Units

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 461-474

  Jiménez, Jesús M ^a   Palacios, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canalization; Developmental contexts; Family backgrounds; Prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346270799     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.325     Document Type: Article

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