Demographics, policy, and foster care rates; A Predictive Analytics Approach

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-126

  Russell, Jesse ^a   Macgill, Stephanie ^a  

^a National Council on Crime and Delinquency ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CARTs; Child maltreatment; Child welfare policy; Classification and regression trees; Demographics; Foster care; Foster care entry; Maltreatment risk factors; Risk factors; Time in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942245755     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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