Defining the boundaries of child neglect: When does domestic violence equate with parental failure to protect?

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 338-355

  Kantor, Glenda Kaufman ^a,b   Little, Liza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child neglect; Child welfare; Child witnessing; Domestic violence exposure; Failure to protect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037257101     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260502250834     Document Type: Article

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