Awareness and detection of the co-occurrence of interparental violence and child abuse: Child welfare worker's perspective

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1312-1328

  Bourassa, Chantal ^a   Lavergne, Chantal ^b   Damant, Dominique ^c   Lessard, Geneviève ^c   Turcotte, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b University of Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caseworkers; Child welfare; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748078746     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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