Perceived neighborhood social disorder and residents' attitudes toward reporting child physical abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child physical abuse; Neighborhood; Reporting; Social disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROBABILITY; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 33646068052     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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