Outcomes are dependent on inputs: Does risk assessment inform service delivery?

Assessing Outcomes in Child and Family Services: Comparative Design and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 107-126

  Berry, Maryanne ^a   Cash, Scottye J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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