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ERIC Number: EJ479984
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4021
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A Survey of Threats and Violence Directed against Child Protection Workers in a Rural State.
Horejsi, Charles; And Others
Child Welfare, v73 n2 p173-79 Mar-Apr 1994
Surveyed 166 child protection workers in rural Montana to determine the extent and nature of threats and actual violence they are subject to during the course of their duties. Found that 10% of workers had been pushed, shoved, or hit by clients in the previous year and that 33% received death threats from clients. (MDM)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Counselor Client Relationship, Occupational Safety and Health, Rural Environment, Social Workers, Violence, Work Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Montana
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