Supporting battered women and their children: Perspectives of battered mothers and child welfare professionals

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 620-637

  Shim, Woochan S ^a   Haight, Wendy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Child protective services; Child welfare; Client worker relationships; Domestic violence; Permanence; Reunification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645934255     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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