The role of risk in child welfare decision-making: A prospective cohort examination of families transferred to ongoing child protection services after an investigation

Bryn King, Tara Black, Barbara Fallon and Yu Lung

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 125, issue C

Abstract: Cross-sectional analyses have identified factors associated with the decision to provide continued child welfare services. Determinations that children are at risk of maltreatment have been found to influence investigative decision-making in Ontario, over and above all other family and case characteristics.

Keywords: Child welfare investigations; Risk assessment; Ongoing child welfare services; Child welfare decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.105983

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