Connecting father absence and mother blame in child welfare policies and practice

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 705-716

  Strega, Susan ^a   Fleet, Claire ^b   Brown, Leslie ^a   Dominelli, Lena ^c   Callahan, Marilyn ^a   Walmsley, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Father absence; Mother blame

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649138765     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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