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family nurturing programs  

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  • Rates of family violence, conflict, and child maltreatment are high nationally and internationally, and the cost of such violence to society is very great. Family violence and child maltreatment are associated with multiple negative consequences for all family members and include physical injury, child neglect, separation and divorce, incarceration, psychological problems, child removal from the home, multigenerational substance, and youth delinquency, perpetration of violence, and death. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Family Nurturing Programs]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SL12SLWN-L

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