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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827150503321

Titolo

Child welfare [[electronic resource] ] : connecting research, policy and practice / / edited by Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-92599-X

9786610925995

0-88920-739-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (492 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KufeldtKathleen

McKenzieBrad

Disciplina

362.7/0971

Soggetti

Child welfare - Canada

Child welfare - Research - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Edited by Kathleed Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references: p. 439-473.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Child Welfare Research and Development in a National Context; 1 Incidence and Characteristics of Child Maltreatment; 2 The Continuum of Care; 3 Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice; 4 The Future of Child Welfare; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of [http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/kufeldt-2.shtml Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice] will be available in April 2011. Click under By the same editor in the right column or visit the [http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/kufeldt-2.shtml webpage] for more information and to order.     In 1994 a group of researchers and decision makers met to discuss the state of child welfare. Also present were a few practitioners and two youth in care. Six years later, when they met again, the number of practitioners and youth had grown considerably a