Protecting children, preserving families: Moral conflict and actuarial science in a problem of contemporary governance

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-50

  Scherz, China ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial risk assessment; Bureaucracy; Child abuse and neglect; Moral conflict; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861761329     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2011.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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