Prevention of child abuse and neglect: An evaluation of a home visitation parent aide program using recidivism data

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-256

  Harder, Jeanette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Prevention; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744442556     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505275062     Document Type: Review

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