Examining child sexual abuse evaluations: the types of information affecting expert judgment

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 149-178

  Ford Peters, Deborah ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Decision making; Evaluations; Expert judgment

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; EXPERT WITNESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION; MALE; PLAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCIENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035184058     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(00)00227-1     Document Type: Article

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