Beliefs among professionals about rates of false allegations of child sexual abuse

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-553

  Everson, Mark D ^a   Boat, Barbara W ^a   Bourg, Sherrie ^a   Robertson, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0030519604     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626096011004006     Document Type: Article

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