A small-scale study of the relationship between measures of deprivation and child-care referrals

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 937-952

  Winter, Karen ^b   Connolly, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Quantitative methods; Structuralist explanations

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144506059     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch278     Document Type: Article

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