National and Regional Differences Among Runaway Youth Using Federally-Funded Crisis Services

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Thompson, Sanna J ^a   Maguin, Eugene ^b   Pollio, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk youth; National data; Regional variation; Runaway youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347569513     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v30n01_01     Document Type: Article

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