Practitioners’ experiences and perceptions of investigating allegations of institutional abuse

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 392-404

  Barter, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Institutional abuse; Investigations; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345537948     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199911/12)8:6<392::AID-CAR571>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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