Children's advocacy centers: Do they lead to positive case outcomes?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1021-1029

  Faller, Kathleen Coulborn ^a   Palusci, Vincent J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Children's advocacy centers; Forensic interviews; Medical examinations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36048998749     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.09.001     Document Type: Note

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