No safe place: Assessing spatial patterns of child maltreatment victimization

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-85

  Paulsen, Derek J ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Ecological theory; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; VICTIM;

EID: 3042668416     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v08n01_03     Document Type: Article

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