Children with disabilities in poor households: Association with juvenile and adult offending

Social Work Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-113

  Oshima, Karen M Matta ^a   Huang, Jin ^a   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a   Drake, Brett ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Delinquency; Disability; Learning disabilities; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956234969     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/34.2.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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