Towards knowledge-based practice in complex child protection cases: A research-based expert briefing

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-24

  Thoburn, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Effective child protection; Hard to reach and hard to help families

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953566891     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jcs.2010.0114     Document Type: Article

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