The impact of news media on child abuse reporting

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-274

  McDevitt, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse reports; Media; News stories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NEGLECT; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029981271     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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