Legal ethics and high child welfare worker turnover: An unexplored connection

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-563

  Vandervort, Frank E ^a   Pott Gonzalez, Robbin ^b   Coulborn Faller, Katlheen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Court; High turnover rates; Legal; Legal ethics; Legal system; Social work ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949083297     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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