Children in jeopardy : can we break the cycle of poverty? /

Children in jeopardy : can we break the cycle of poverty? /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Harris, Irving B. (Irving Brooks), 1910-2004
Imprint:	New Haven, CT : Yale Child Study Center, 1996.
Description:	xxxi, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Yale Child Study Center monograph series on child psychiatry, child development, and social policy ; vol. 1 Yale Child Study Center monograph series on child psychiatry, child development, and social policy ; vol. 1.
Subject:	Child welfare -- United States. Children with social disabilities -- Services for -- United States. Poor children -- Services for -- United States. Teenage pregnancy -- United States -- Prevention. Child welfare. Children with social disabilities -- Services for. Poor children -- Services for. Teenage pregnancy -- Prevention. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2441129

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ISBN:	0300068921 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	American inner cities are filled with problems of violence, drugs, family discord, educational failure, and illiteracy. This work argues that the key to breaking the cycle of poverty, hopelessness and violence is very early intervention, giving adequate care to children from birth to age three.
Physical Description:	xxxi, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0300068921