Watch out for the neighborhood trap! A case study on parental perceptions of and strategies to counter risks for children in a disadvantaged neighborhood

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-337

  Pinkster, Fenne M ^a   Fortuijn, Joos Droogleever ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children in poor neighborhoods; Neighborhood effects; Parenting strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957909715     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903024498     Document Type: Article

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