The Use of Criteria for Decision Making in Child Placement Situations

The main focus of this dissertation was to study the making of the protective custody placement decision concerning a child(ren) involved in an abuse or neglect situation. Two major research questions were addressed. They were: (1) What criteria do child protective service workers use to make protective custody decisions in abuse and neglect case situations? (2) What is the impact of varying organizational effort regarding a formal decision making model and the training of direct service workers in its use in order to increase agreement of placement decisions between those CPS workers and a panel of experts.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Meddin, Barbara Ann Jacobson

• Social Work

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8302934

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71482