Promoting mother-child relationships for incarcerated women and their children

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 308-322

  Bruns, Deborah A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Ecological framework; Emotional development; Female offenders; Incarcerated mothers; Mother child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748940622     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-200610000-00004     Document Type: Article

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