Kinship foster care and the risk of juvenile delinquency

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1823-1830

  Ryan, Joseph P ^a   Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Herz, Denise ^b   Hernandez, Pedro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile delinquency; Kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957244253     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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