A stop-start response: Social services' interventions with children and families notified following domestic violence incidents

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-313

  Stanley, Nicky ^a   Miller, Pam ^b   Richardson Foster, Helen ^c   Thomson, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

children; domestic violence; interventions; social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952959080     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq071     Document Type: Article

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