Profiles of victimized women among the child welfare population: Implications for targeted child welfare policy and practices

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Kohl, Patricia L ^a   MacY, Rebecca J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child welfare; Domestic violence; Latent class analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649025263     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9139-2     Document Type: Article

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