Mandated reporting is still a policy with reason: Empirical evidence and philosophical grounds

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 511-516

  Mathews, Ben ^a   Bross, Donald C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse and neglect; Mandated reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 44449163361     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.06.010     Document Type: Note

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