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Residential Care for Abused and Neglected Children – Are there Better Alternatives?

[Institutionelle Fremdunterbringung für misshandelte und vernachlässigte Kinder – gibt es bessere Alternativen?]

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This chapter will focus on a growing area of interest and concern in social work: Children who come into contact with the child welfare system due to abuse and neglect but also present with emotional and behavioral disorders. Finding ways to effectively address the needs of these children presents a considerable challenge to child welfare systems.

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  1. Department of Social Work and Social Ecology, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, Loma Linda, United States

    Sigrid Schneider James

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Schneider James, S. (2012). Residential Care for Abused and Neglected Children – Are there Better Alternatives?. In: Marthaler, T., Bastian, P., Bode, I., Schrödter, M. (eds) Rationalitäten des Kinderschutzes. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19146-1_12

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