Decisions to Protect Children: A Decision Making Ecology

Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 463-476

  Fluke, John D ^a   Baumann, Donald J ^b   Dalgleish, Len I ^c   Kern, Homer D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Child Welfare Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Protection; Child Welfare; Decision Threshold; Prospect Theory; Psychological Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 85130834715     PISSN: 22119701     EISSN: 2211971X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7208-3_25     Document Type: Chapter

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