Prevalence of aggression towards residential social workers: Do qualifications and experience make a difference?

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Winstanley, Sue ^a   Hales, Lisa ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicestershire County Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Experience; Qualifications; Social workers; Viloence

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349087920     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-008-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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