Citation

Wald MS, Woolverton M. Child Welf. 1990; 69(6): 483-511.

Affiliation

Stanford University, CA.

Comment In:

Child Welfare 1991;70(3):397-9

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2276291

Abstract

This article reviews the risk assessment procedures and instruments that are being used by child protection agencies. Although supportive of the concept of risk assessment, the authors argue that all current instruments have major methodological deficiencies that limit the utility of such instruments as a means of predicting future abusive or neglectful behavior. The authors suggest how risk assessment decisions should be made at each stage of a child protection investigation.

Language: en