Cumulative risks of foster care placement by age 18 for U.S. children, 2000-2011.

Foster care placement is among the most tragic events a child can experience because it more often than not implies that a child has experienced or is at very high risk of experiencing abuse or neglect serious enough to warrant state intervention. Yet it is unclear how many children will experience...

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Main Authors: Christopher Wildeman, Natalia Emanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966831?pdf=render