Fathering at the margins of society: Reflections from young, minority, crime-involved fathers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 945-967

  Wilkinson, Deanna L ^a   Magora, Amanda ^a   Garcia, Marie ^b   Khurana, Atika ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime involved; Father involvement; Life histories; Marginalized men; Young fatherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349333946     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09332354     Document Type: Article

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