Important risk factors in home-removal decisions: Social caseworker perceptions

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-277

  DeRoma, Virginia M ^a   Kessler, Maria Lynn ^b   McDaniel, Ryan ^c   Soto, Cesar M ^d  

^a THE CITADEL   (United States)

^b OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c New Hope for Children   (United States)

^d Municipal Defense of Children and Adolescents ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

Caseworker perceptions; Family risk factors; Maltreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749635414     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-006-0047-8     Document Type: Article

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