Social workers' decisions on removal: Predictions from their initial perceptions of the child's features, parents' features, and child's quality of life

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Davidson Arad, Bilha ^a   Englechin Segal, Dorit ^a   Wozner, Yochanan ^a   Arieli, Rachel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children at risk; Quality of life; Removal from home

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645665205     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v31n04_01     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Besharov, D.J. (1985). Right versus right. The dilemma of child protection. Public Welfare, 43(2), 19-27.
2. Cairns, D. (1990). Quality of life assessment of haemodialy sis patients: An application of a systemic life quality model. Sydney, Macquarie University Doctoral Thesis.
3. Camasso, M.J., & Jagannathan, R. (1995). Prediction accuracy of Washington and Illinois risk assessment in students: An application of receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Social Work Research, 19(3), 174-183.
4. Chapman, B.S. (1997). Child protection risk assessment and African-American children: Cultural ramifications for families and communities. Child Welfare, 76(1), 45-63.
5. Davidson-Arad, B. (1997). Decision making of child protecting officers concerning the removal of children at risk. Based on the Systemic Life Model. Doctoral dissertation submitted to the Senate of Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
6. Davidson-Arad, B. (2001a). Predicted changes in Children's Quality of Life in decisions regarding the removal of children at risk from their homes. Children and Youth Services Review, 22(1). 31-55.
7. Davidson-Arad, B. (2001b). Parental features and quality of life in the decision to remove children at risk from home.Child Abuse & Neglect, 25, 47-64.
8. Davidson-Arad, B., & Wozner, Y. (2001a). The use of Shye's systemic quality of life model in the examination of child protection officers' decision. Social Indicators Research, 56, 1-20.
9. Davidson-Arad, B., & Wozner, Y. (2001b). The least detrimental alternative: Deciding whether to remove children at risk from their homes. International Social Work, 44(2), 229-239.
10. DePanfilis, D., & Scannapieco, M. (1994). Assessing the safety of children at risk of maltreatment: Decision making models. Child Welfare, LXXIII(3), 229-245.
11. Elizur, D., & Shye, S. (1990). Quality of work life and its relation to quality of life. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 39(3), 275-291.
12. English, D.J., & Pecora, P.J. (1994). Risk assessment as a practice method in child protective services. Child Welfare, LXXIII 5, 451-473.
13. Gelles, R. (1996). The book of David. NY: Free Press.
14. Giovannoni, J.M. & Becerra, R.M. (1982). Defining child abuse. New York: The Free Press.
15. Guttman, L. (1957). Introduction to facet design and analysis. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Congress of Psychology. Brussels, Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing.
16. Issac, B.C., Minty, E.B., & Morison, R.M. (1986). Children in care: The association with mental disorders in the parents. British Journal of Social Work, 16(3), 325-339.
17. Katz, M.H., Hampton, R.L., Newberger, E.H., Bowles, R.T., & Snyder, J.C. (1986). Returning children home: Clinical decision making in cases of child abuse and neglect. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 56(2), 253-262.
18. Lindsey, D. (1991). Factors affecting the foster care placement decision: An analysis of national survey data. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61(2), 272-281.
19. Lindsey, D. (1992). Reliability of foster care placement decision: A review. Research on Social Work Practice, 2(1), 65-80.
20. Lindsey, D. (1995). The welfare of children. NY: Oxford University Press.
21. Lyons, P., Doueck, H.J., & Wodarski, J.S. (1996). Risk assessment for child protective services: A review of the empirical literature on instrument performance. Social Work Research, 20(3), 143-152.
22. Meddin, B. Y. (1984). Criteria for placement decision in protective services. Child Welfare, 63(4), 367-373.
23. Munro, E. (1996). Avoidable and unavoidable mistakes in child protection work. British Journal of Social Work, 26, 793-808.
24. Nasuti, J.P. (1998). Risk assessment in child protective services: Challenges in measuring child well-being. Journal of Family Social Work, 3(1), 55-68.
25. Pelton, L.H. (1997). Child welfare policy and practice: The myth of family preservation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67(4), 545-553.
26. Rossi, P.H., Schuerman, J. & Budde, S. (1999). Understanding Decisions about Child Maltreatment. Evaluation Review. Journal of Applied Social Research, 23(6), 579-598.
27. Runyan, D.K., Gould, C.L., Trost, D.C., & Loda, F.A. (1981). Determinants of foster care placement for the maltreatment child. American Journal of Public Health, 71(7), 706-711.
28. Segal-Englechin, D. (2000). Single mothers by choice: The contribution of their fear of heterosexual intimacy and their hardiness to an explanation of their quality of life. Doctoral dissertation submitted to the senate of Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
29. Shapira, M., & Benbenisty, R. (1993). Modeling judgments and decisions in cases of alleged child abuse and neglect. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 29(2), 14-19.
30. Shye, S. (1979). A systemic facet theoretical approach to the study of quality of life. Jerusalem, Israel, Institute of Applied Social Research.
31. Shye, S. (1985). Human life quality: An action system. In S. Shye (Ed.), Multiple scaling, the theory and application of partial order scalogram analysis. Amsterdam, NY, Oxford: North Holland.
32. Shye, S. (1989). The systemic quality of life model. A basis for urban renewal evaluation. Social Indicators Research, 21, 243-378.
33. Veerman, P.E. (1991). The rights of the child and the changing images of childhood. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. Dordrecht.
34. Wolins, M., Wozner, Y., & Shye, S. (1980). Rejuvenating the asylum: A field study. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 16(1), 17-25.
35. Wozner, Y., Golan, M., & Arad, B. (1993). The quality of life in institutions for children and youth in Israel. The Bob Shapell School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv: Ramot Publication.
36. Wozner, Y., Golan, M., Rahav, G., Arad, B., & Pinhassi, B. (1994). Social work and welfare services in prisons. Research report.