What criteria do child protective services investigators use to substantiate exposure to domestic violence?

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 93-122

  Coohey, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CUSTODY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PUBLIC POLICY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35348957761     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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