Hopelessly devoted? Relationship quality during and after incarceration

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 480-495

  Turney, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragile families and child wellbeing study; Incarceration; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923917020     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12174     Document Type: Article

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