Evaluating Children's Services: Recent Conceptual and Methodological Developments
The British Journal of Social WorkPublished 1 January 2005
Nick Axford
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Journal Article Evaluating Children's Services: Recent Conceptual and Methodological Developments Get access Nick Axford, Nick Axford Dartington Social Research Unit. Correspondence to Nick Axford, Dartington Social Research Unit, Warren House, Dartington, Totnes TQ9 6EG, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Little, Michael Little Dartington Social Research Unit and Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Louise Morpeth, Louise Morpeth Dartington Social Research Unit. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Arabella Weyts Arabella Weyts Development Officer for Dartington-i until April 2003 and is now Senior Programme Co-ordinator, Children's Rights Centre, University of Ghent,Belgium. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 73–88, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch163 Published: 10 January 2005
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