Law enforcement officers' approaches to evaluations of child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 939-942

  Grossman Froum, Aryn ^a   Kendall Tackett, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Law enforcement officers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE;

EID: 0032170055     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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