Holes in the safety net: the strengths and weaknesses of child protection procedures

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-302

  Farmer, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case conferences; child abuse; child protection; child protection procedures; child welfare; decision making; reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PROTECTION; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; WORKER;

EID: 84937181607     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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