Evaluation of the Transfer of Responsibility for Child Protective Services to Law Enforcement in Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties, Florida, 1995-2001
In 1998 Florida law required that the responsibility for
 child maltreatment investigations be transferred from a statewide
 child welfare agency to the sheriff's offices in Manatee, Pasco, and
 Pinellas Counties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes
 produced by this change. This study used a …