Child protection:using research to improve policy and practice

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Haskins Ron; Wulczyn Fred; Webb Mary Bruce
Published: Brookings Institution Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: x, 268 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780815735144 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815735146 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815735137 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815735138 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: D771
CLC: D771.285
Call Number: D771.285/C536-4
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using high-quality research to improve child protection practice : an overview / Ron Haskins, Fred Wulczyn, and Mary Bruce Webb -- Identifying young maltreated children with developmental delays / Steven A. Rosenberg, Elliott G. Smith, and Arnold Levinson -- Intimate partner violence in the child welfare system : findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being / Andrea L. Hazen ... [et al.] -- Initial construction of an actuarial risk assessment measure using the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being / Aron Shlonsky -- Building on strengths : current status
"Reports the results of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Discusses implications and suggests alternatives for types of personal and familial problems the programs are meant to address, the range of services and interventions that the child protection system can make available, and an assessment of these programs"--Provided by publisher.