Contested cases of physical abuse: Evidentiary characteristics of modified and overturned outcomes

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Fakunmoju, Sunday B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Contested cases; Injury characteristics; Physical abuse; Physical harm; Risk of harm; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149477879     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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