"It Makes Me Step Back a Little...Check Myself": Parental Identity and Mandated Participation among Parents Involved with the Child Welfare System.
The child welfare system (CWS) is designed to protect children from maltreatment. One avenue through which the CWS aims to do so is by mandating participation in parenting interventions. There are notable challenges associated with mandated services, however, and participant drop out is a key concer...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Family Violence Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 427 - 441 |
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