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Safe from Harm?
Peers and Criminal Capital Formation in Congregate Foster Care
Sarah Font and Christopher Mills
Published online before print August 08, 2025, 0322-12222R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0322-12222R3
Sarah Font
Sarah Font is a professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Christopher Mills
Christopher Mills is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame ().

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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 61, Issue 1
1 Jan 2026
Safe from Harm?
Sarah Font, Christopher Mills
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2025, 0322-12222R3; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0322-12222R3
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