Returning home: Resettlement of formerly abducted children in Northern Uganda

Disasters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-335

  Corbin, Joanne N ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Child soldiers; Reintegration; Resettlement; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UGANDA;

EID: 46049101869     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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