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The decision to intervene with families has enormous implications for a democratic society. Child protective services must both protect children and families. Practice theory, social policies, and agency procedures have not provided a consensus on the criteria to guide decision making in child welfare. This paper reviews the empirical studies in the decision making literature for the purposes of: identifying variables workers are using to guide their decisions; identifying major professional concerns and issues with this literature; and suggest questions for further research.
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Jones, L. Decision making in child welfare: A critical review of the literature. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 10, 241–262 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757822
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