Police officers' and legal professionals' perceptions regarding how children are, and should be, questioned about repeated abuse

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-260

  Guadagno, Belinda L ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a   Wright, Rebecca ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAWYER; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POLICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 33846153225     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.13.2.251     Document Type: Article

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