Do standards of proof affect decision making in child protection investigations?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-347

  Levine, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031750793     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025710707682     Document Type: Article

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