Citation

Garcia A, Puckett A, Ezell M, Pecora PJ, Tanoury T, Rodriguez W. Child Fam. Soc. Work 2014; 19(2): 125-135.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00890.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The paper articulates three models of collaboration between child protection services and law enforcement agencies on investigations of child maltreatment, and examines the relative impact of each model on child removals and short-term foster care placements. An extensive review of the research literature is used to derive lessons for jurisdictions using the different models. Promising strategies from several jurisdictions are described as they relate to collaborative investigations, child removal and short-term placements. Finally, we provide recommendations to improve child protection investigations and reduce the use of short-term foster care placements.

Language: en