Do Children's Advocacy Centers improve families' experiences of child sexual abuse investigations?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1069-1085

  Jones, Lisa M ^a   Cross, Theodore P ^b   Walsh, Wendy A ^a   Simone, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Children's Advocacy Centers; Client satisfaction; Forensic interviews; Multidisciplinary coordination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INVESTIGATION SATISFACTION SCALE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 36049024366     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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