A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-112

  Myers, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child abuse; Juvenile sexual offender; Narrative; Solution focused

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844377610     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.887     Document Type: Article

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