Child welfare research [electronic resource] : advances for practice and policy / edited by Duncan Lindsey, Aron Shlonsky. Lindsey, Duncan, 1947- Shlonsky, Aron. Child welfare Research United States. Children Institutional care United States. Children Institutional care Research. HV741 362.7 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. There has been a focus in recent research on improving current child welfare practices and programmes that protect children from abuse and neglect. This collection gathers together those research developments - and how they have been translated into policies, programmes, and practice. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 2008. 2008 Text 1 online resource (xi, 399 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304961.001.0001 eng United States. United States.