Gender Differences in the Perceived Needs and Barriers of Youth Offenders Preparing for Community Reentry

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-269

  Fields, Diane ^a   Abrams, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Juvenile offenders; Reentry; Transition age youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955421450     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9102-x     Document Type: Article

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