Young mothers and the care system: Contextualizing risk and vulnerability

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-243

  Barn, Ravinder ^a   Mantovani, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Rationality; Risk and vulnerability; Teenage pregnancy; Young mothers; Youth in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947144735     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl002     Document Type: Article

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