Exploring new territory: Police organizational responses to child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-344

  Humphreys, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Interagency; Police

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE;

EID: 0029867340     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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