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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Decision -Making in Child Protection

Abstract

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"Implications for practice. The results suggest that investigators need assistance in using the CERAP form and avoiding heuristics (and their associated errors). Such assistance can take the form of revised CERAP training, periodic ""retraining,"" and support for supervisors in the use of good decision making practices. Training would teach good decision making skills, how to avoid heuristics and emphasize the necessity of using the risk assessment instrument. Improvements in decision making would result and could favorably affect the safety of child reported for maltreatment."

Degree

thesis:*
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
2015

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Thomas, Judy Marie
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Poertner, John

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3017230
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87316

Chain of custody

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
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citation

Thomas, Judy Marie. Decision -Making in Child Protection. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87316