Serious business or 'any other business'? Safeguarding and child protection policy in British rugby league

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-251

  Hartill, Mike ^a   Prescott, Philip ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Policy; Rugby league; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548273981     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.990     Document Type: Article

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