Exploring the relationship between homelessness and delinquency: A snapshot of a group of homeless youth in San Jose, California

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-269

  Schwartz, Marci ^a   Sorensen, Heather Kissinger ^a   Ammerman, Seth ^a   Bard, Emilie ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Emergency Housing Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Homeless adolescents; Incarceration; Wishes

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149115283     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-008-0125-1     Document Type: Article

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