Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection: Theory, Research, and Practice

Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection: Theory, Research, and Practice
ISBN-10
0190059540
ISBN-13
9780190059545
Category
Social Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2020-07-17
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Donald J. Baumann, Rami Benbenishty, John D. Fluke

Description

Professionals in child welfare and protection are often required to make decisions--fraught with many difficulties and shortcomings--that have crucial implications for children and families. There are many indications that these decisions are frequently unreliable and involve unavoidable errors in judgement due to the uncertainties. Despite the central role of judgements in the field, child welfare and protection training and research programs pay limited attention to leveraging the human factors aspect of practice. Although extensive research exists in relevant areas--such as medicine, psychology, business administration, and economics--little has been done to help develop, transfer, and translate scientific knowledge to the child welfare arena. Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection pulls together the best internationally sourced expertise and makes it accessibly available and applicable to scholars, educators, practitioners, students, and policymakers--the key stakeholders in child protective services and child welfare.

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