Using administrative data to assess child safety in out-of-home care

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 597-613

  Garnier, Philip C ^a   Poertner, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CUSTODY; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANDATORY REPORTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MANDATORY REPORTING; SAFETY; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034265775     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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