Threshold decisions: How social workers prioritize referrals of child concern

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-18

  Platt, Dendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children in need; Decision making; Initial assessment; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644790971     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.929     Document Type: Review

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