Learning to reduce risk in child protection

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1135-1151

  Munro, Eileen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; complex systems; errors; organisational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955210066     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq024     Document Type: Article

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