Why are professionals failing to initiate mandated reports of child maltreatment, and are there any empirically based training programs to assist professionals in the reporting process?

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 563-578

  Alvarez, Krisann M ^a   Kenny, Maureen C ^b   Donohue, Brad ^a   Carpin, Kimberly M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Mandated reporters; Reporting; Training

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD ABUSE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NEGLECT; PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TYPES OF STUDY; VICTIM;

EID: 2942558945     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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