A comparison of caseworker characteristics in public and private foster care agencies

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 578-584

  Hollingsworth, Leslie D ^a   Bybee, Deborah ^b   Johnson, Elizabeth I ^c   Swick, Danielle C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d 3 C Institute for Social Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Caseworker characteristics; Demographics; Foster care; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949091620     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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