Child Maltreatment, Placement Strategies, and Delinquency

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-119

  Baskin, Deborah R ^a   Sommers, Ira ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Crossover youth; Delinquency; Foster care; Placement instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957615715     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-010-9088-9     Document Type: Article

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