The pervasive impact of poverty on children: Tackling family adversity and promoting child development through the Pathways to Prevention project

Pathways and Crime Prevention: Theory, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 226-246

  Freiberg, Kate ^a   Homel, Ross ^a   Lamb, Cherie ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mission Australia Pathways to Prevention Service   (Australia)

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EID: 77952917741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843926481     Document Type: Chapter

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