Selective clients' trajectories in case files: Filtering out information in the recording process in child protection

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 792-808

  Huuskonen, Saila ^a   Vakkari, Pertti ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child protection; Information filtering; Recording; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929334128     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct160     Document Type: Article

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