Factors associated with young children's opportunities for maintaining family relationships during maternal incarceration

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-280

  Poehlmann, Julie ^a   Shlafer, Rebecca J ^b   Maes, Elizabeth ^a   Hanneman, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Family; Incarceration; Kinship care; Stability; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349091199     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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