Child Protection in Europe: Development of an International Cross-Comparison Model to Inform National Policies and Practices

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1508-1525

  Spratt, Trevor ^a   Nett, Jachen ^b   Bromfield, Leah ^c,d   Hietamäki, Johanna ^e   Kindler, Heinz ^f   Ponnert, Lina ^g  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f GERMAN YOUTH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child abuse; child protection; children and families; comparative social work; international social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938365420     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcu109     Document Type: Article

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