Investigation laws and practices in child protective services

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 661-684

  Kopels, Sandra ^a   Charlton, Taliah ^a   Wells, Susan J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142643358     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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