How far is England in the process of introducing a mandatory reporting system?

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-16

  Munro, Eileen ^a   Parton, Nigel ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child welfare; ICT; Information sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847634287     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.973     Document Type: Article

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