Clinical Assessment of Parents in Child Protection Cases: An Empirical Analysis

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-108

  Budd, Karen S ^a   Poindexter, LaShaunda M ^a   Felix, Erika D ^a   Naik Polan, Anjali T ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035256999     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005696026973     Document Type: Article

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