Foster care beyond placement: Offending outcomes in emerging adulthood

Jennifer Yang, Evan C. McCuish and Raymond R. Corrado

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2017, vol. 53, issue C, 46-54

Abstract: Conceptually, foster care placement is an important risk factor for serious and violent offending. Empirically, little is known about the role of foster care placement on offending outcomes in adulthood.

Keywords: Criminal careers; Developmental life course criminology; Emerging adulthood; Foster care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.08.009

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