Predictors of running away from out-of-home care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1298-1306

  Courtney, Mark E ^a   Zinn, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Foster youth; Kinship care; Residential care; Runaway

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350549848     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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