From concerned to convinced: Reaching decisions about out-of-home care in Norwegian Child Welfare Services

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Christiansen, Øivin ^a   Anderssen, Norman ^b  

^a Child Welfare Research Unit   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Decision making; Out of home placements; Street level bureaucracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049087327     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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