The next step: Integrating actuarial risk assessment and clinical judgment into an evidence-based practice framework in CPS case management

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 409-427

  Shlonsky, Aron ^a   Wagner, Dennis ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Children's Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Risk assessment; Structured decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 14244258649     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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