| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 399 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Epidemiology of child maltreatment / Nico Trocmé -- Informing child welfare : the promise and limits of empirical research / Leroy H. Pelton -- Providing more effective, ethical services : the philosophy and process of evidence-based ( -informed) practice / Eileen Gambrill -- How do we know what works? : the quality of published reviews of evidence-based practices / Julia H. Littell -- The influence of an adoption experiment on social policy / Trudy Festinger -- New permanency strategies for children in foster care / Mark Testa -- The transition to adulthood among youth "aging out" of care : what have we learned? / Amy Dworsky -- Moving restorative justice interventions into domestic violence treatment / Colleen Friend -- A descriptive study of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment : implications for child welfare policy / Lynette M. Renner, Kristen Shook Slack, Lawrence M. Berger -- Decision making in child welfare : constraints and potentials / Eileen Gambrill -- Lessons from research on decision-making / Eileen Munro -- Assessing risk throughout the life of a child welfare case / Judith S. Rycus, Ronald C. Hughes -- Improving social work through the use of technology and advanced research methods / Ira M. Schwartz [and others] -- The future of child protection revisited / Jane Waldfogel -- The implementation of market-based child welfare innovations / William Meezan, Bowen McBeath -- Self-evaluation : using data to guide policy and practice in public child welfare agencies / Daniel Webster [and others] -- Comparing welfare and child welfare populations : an argument for rethinking the safety net / Mark E. Courtney [and others] -- Promoting child well-being through early intervention : findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study / Arthur J. Reynolds, Joshua Mersky -- Heeding Horton : transcending the public welfare paradigm / David Stoesz -- Accounts at birth : a proposal to improve life chances through a national system of children's savings accounts / Reid Cramer -- Beyond child welfare : international perspectives on child and family policies / Sheila. B. Kamerman, Alfred J. Kahn -- The effect of children on the income status of female-headed households : an intercountry comparison / Martha N. Ozawa, Yongwoo Lee |
| Summary |
There has been a focus in recent research on improving current child welfare practices and programmes that protect children from abuse and neglect. This collection gathers together those research developments - and how they have been translated into policies, programmes, and practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Child welfare -- Research -- United States
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Children -- Institutional care -- United States
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Children -- Institutional care -- Research
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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Child welfare -- Research
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Children -- Institutional care
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Children -- Institutional care -- Research
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lindsey, Duncan, 1947-
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Shlonsky, Aron.
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| ISBN |
9780199863648 |
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0199863644 |
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9780198041481 |
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0198041489 |
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