Factors associated with nondisclosure of suspected abuse during forensic interviews

Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 77-96

  Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b   Stewart, Heather ^d   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^c   Esplin, Phillip ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Children's Justice Centre   (United States)

^e NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936832     Document Type: Chapter

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