Perception of risk among child protection workers

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 699-704

  Sullivan, Catherine ^a   Whitehead, Paul C ^a   Leschied, Alan W ^a   Chiodo, Debbie ^a   Hurley, Dermot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Risk assessment; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649086664     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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