Reliability and predictive validity of a consensus-based risk assessment tool

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-195

  Barber, James G ^a   Shlonsky, Aron ^b   Black, Tara ^b   Goodman, Deborah ^c   Trocmé, Nico ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Children's Aid Society of Toronto   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Reliability; Risk assessment; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849133263     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548730802312701     Document Type: Article

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