Severity of partner and child maltreatment: Reliability of scales used in America's largest child and family protection agency

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-106

  Slep, Amy M Smith ^a   Heyman, Richard E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Child neglect; Family violence; Partner abuse; Reliability; Severity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543030513     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOFV.0000019840.36496.a1     Document Type: Article

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