Reviewing the evidence on assessing risk for child abuse and neglect

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-327

  Knoke, Della ^a   Trocmé, Nico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Review; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244456500     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhi024     Document Type: Review

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