A multi-tiered evaluation of adolescent therapeutic group homes

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 153-162

  Scott, David A ^a   Lorenc, Leon ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Youth Focus   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk youth; Group homes; Recidivism rates; Therapeutic group homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548527601     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-007-9038-y     Document Type: Article

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