How long to prosecute child sexual abuse for a community using a children's advocacy center and two comparison communities?

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-13

  Walsh, Wendy A ^a,f   Lippert, Tonya ^b   Cross, Theodore P ^c   Maurice, Danielle M ^d   Davison, Karen S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CARES NW ^*

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case resolution time; Child sexual abuse; Children's Advocacy Centers; Prosecution

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649020892     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507307839     Document Type: Article

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