The geography of children's welfare in Israel: The role of nationality, religion, socio-economic factors and social worker availability

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1122-1139

  Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a   Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   Khoury Kassabri, Mona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

child abuse and neglect; child protection services; Child welfare; culture; juvenile delinquency; localities; religion; religiosity; social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053290423     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq134     Document Type: Article

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