Conflating risks: Implications for accurate risk prediction in child welfare services

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Munro, Eileen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Welfare services

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DELINQUENCY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951716230     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698571003632411     Document Type: Article

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