Differentiating between substantiated, suspected, and unsubstantiated maltreatment in Canada

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-16

  Trocmé, Nico ^a   Knoke, Della ^b   Fallon, Barbara ^b   MacLaurin, Bruce ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Investigation; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CIVIL RIGHTS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME VICTIMS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTENTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149482582     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508318393     Document Type: Article

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