The empirical basis of risk assessment in child welfare: The accuracy of risk assessment and clinical judgment

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 527-540

  Leschied, Alan W ^a   Chiodo, Debbie ^a   Whitehead, Paul C ^a   Hurley, Dermot ^a   Marshall, Larry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Family and Children's Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Middlesex Children's Aid Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUDGMENT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1542493151     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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