The preoccupation with thresholds in cases of child death or serious injury through abuse and neglect

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 313-330

  Brandon, Marian ^a   Belderson, Pippa ^a   Warren, Catherine ^a   Gardner, Ruth ^a,c   Howe, David ^a   Dodsworth, Jane ^a   Black, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Designated Nurse   (United Kingdom)

^c NSPCC ^*

Author keywords

Fatal child maltreatment; Hostility and non cooperation; Neglect; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549143660     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1043     Document Type: Article

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