Drug Abuse and Parenting: The Impact on Young Children in the Social Care System in Northern Ireland

In recent years drug abuse has been recognised as a growing problem in Northern Ireland. The following article examines the family backgrounds of a group of young children (n=388) who were looked-after by social services and looks specifically at a group (n=162) whose family lives have involved adul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wendy Cousins, Sharon Milner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Social Care Ireland 2006-01-01
Series:Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
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Online Access:http://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol7/iss1/6/