Child neglect and the law: Catapults, thresholds and delay

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-92

  Dickens, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care proceedings; Child care lawyers; Child neglect; Threshold criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248143581     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.975     Document Type: Article

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