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

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  • King, Bryn
  • Black, Tara
  • Fallon, Barbara
  • Lung, Yu

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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.

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  • King, Bryn & Black, Tara & Fallon, Barbara & Lung, Yu, 2021. "The role of risk in child welfare decision-making: A prospective cohort examination of families transferred to ongoing child protection services after an investigation," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:125:y:2021:i:c:s0190740921000621
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.105983
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