Overreporting and underreporting child abuse and neglect are twin problems

Current Controversies on Family Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 285-298

  Besharov, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483328584.n18     Document Type: Chapter

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