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All countries confront the problem of providing for dependent, neglected, and abused children.1 While the exact form of institutional response will differ in relation to a country’s political and economic structure, its culture and its tradition, the same general kinds of child welfare services have been developed everywhere.2
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Stein, T.J., Rzepnicki, T.L. (1984). Introduction. In: Decision Making in Child Welfare Services. International Series in Social Welfare, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5648-3_1
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