Understanding the geospatial relationship of neighborhood characteristics and rates of maltreatment for black, hispanic, and white children

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-16

  Freisthler, Bridget ^a   Bruce, Emily ^b   Needell, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Neighborhoods; Race ethnicity; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947581439     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.1.7     Document Type: Article

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