Decision Making in Child Protective Services: A Risky Business?

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Risk Analysis

• Publication date

  2013-09-01

• Fields of study

  Law, Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01931.xPMID 23231374
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