PROTECTING YOUTH PLACED IN UNLICENSED, UNREGULATED RESIDENTIAL “TREATMENT” FACILITIES

Family Court Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-413

  Behar, Lenore ^a   Friedman, Robert ^b   Pinto, Allison ^b   Katz Leavy, Judith ^c   Jones, Hon William G ^d  

^a Child and Family Program Strategies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c National Institute of Mental Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration   (India)

^d Mecklenburg County   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse in residential treatment; licensure regulation of residential treatment for youth; residential treatment for youth; state responsibility for residential treatment of youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749114871     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2007.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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