'Dealing with it': Experiences of young fathers in and leaving care

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1107-1121

  Tyrer, Paul ^a   Chase, Elaine ^a   Warwick, Ian ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Flexible services; Social exclusion; Trust; Young fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544473725     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch221     Document Type: Article

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