The variability of practice in interviews used by professionals to investigate child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 571-578

  Davey, Robert I ^a   Hill, Jonathan ^b  

^a Family Consultation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomically correct dolls; Child sexual abuse training; Investigatory interviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 0032963477     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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