Workers dealing with mother blame in child sexual assault cases

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-80

  Breckenridge, Jan ^a,b   Baldry, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Child Protection Association of NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INCEST; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POLICY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0030763596     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v06n01_04     Document Type: Article

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