Early child maltreatment, runaway youths, and risk of delinquency and victimization in adolescence: A mediational model

Social Work Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Kim, Min Jung ^a   Tajima, Emiko A ^b   Herrenkohl, Todd I ^c   Huang, Bu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MSW Program

^c BASW Program

Author keywords

Child abuse; Delinquency; Mediation; Runaway youths; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249203578     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/33.1.19     Document Type: Article

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