Has the Child Welfare Profession Discovered Nepotistic Biases?

Human Nature

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-369

  Daly, Martin ^a   Perry, Gretchen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Foster care; Kinship care; Nepotism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052963064     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9116-6     Document Type: Article

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