Claimsmakers in the Child Sexual Abuse "Wars": Who Are They and What Do They Want?

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-503

  Mildred, Jane ^a  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Social problems; Social work and social science; Social work education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD ADVOCACY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MORALS; POLITICS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642371416     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.4.492     Document Type: Article

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