Children's participation in foster care hearings

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-272

  Weisz, Vicky ^a   Wingrove, Twila ^b   Beal, Sarah J ^a   Faith Slaker, April ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's participation; Court; Foster care; Hearings; Legal; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955895317     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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