Mentoring children with incarcerated parents: Implications for research, practice, and policy

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-519

  Shlafer, Rebecca J ^a   Poehlmann, Julie ^b   Coffino, Brianna ^a   Hanneman, Ashley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk children; Incarceration; Mentoring; Termination; Volunteer programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949130552     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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