Reframing child protection: A response to a constant crisis of confidence in child protection

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2076-2086

  Mansell, James ^a   Ota, Rissa ^a   Erasmus, Ricus ^a   Marks, Kip ^a  

^a Ministry of Social Development   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child deaths; Child protection; Decision errors; Performance; Reform; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053446826     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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