Parenting Programs for Incarcerated Parents:Current Research and Future Directions

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-427

  Loper, Ann Booker ^a   Tuerk, Elena Hontoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

incarcerated mothers and fathers; incarcerated parents; prison parenting education

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149056241     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403406292692     Document Type: Article

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