Placing children on child protection registers: Risk indicators and local authority differences

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-436

  Gordon, David ^a   Gibbons, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032220526     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011348     Document Type: Article

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