Under one roof: A review and selective meta-analysis on the outcomes of residential child and youth care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-140

  Knorth, Erik J ^a   Harder, Annemiek T ^a   Zandberg, Tjalling ^a   Kendrick, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional care; Meta analysis; Outcomes; Residential child care; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349019675     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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