Does social work make a difference?: A controlled study of former 'Looked-After-Children' and 'Excluded-From-School' adolescents now men aged 16-24 subsequent offences, being victims of crime and suicide

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-307

  Pritchard, Colin ^a   Williams, Richard ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Looked After Children'; Criminality; Excluded from School'; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949186371     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017309334903     Document Type: Article

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