Understanding the risks of child neglect: An exploration of poverty and parenting characteristics

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-408

  Slack, Kristen Shook ^a   Holl, Jane L ^b,d,e,f   McDaniel, Marla ^c   Yoo, Joan ^a   Bolger, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Inst Hlth Serv Res/Plcy Studs   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neglect; Parenting; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 7544237630     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559504269193     Document Type: Review

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