What Linked Data Can Tell Us About the Increasing Numbers of Children Entering Public Care.
The number of children in public care in Wales, UK, rose from the mid‐1990s to 2021. It is unclear if this change was related to increases in risk factors in parents, changes in the impact of risk factors, or changing policies and practices. Administrative data from children's social care were linke...
| Publicado en: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 945 - 961 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2026
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