Substantiation and adverse appeal outcomes: Content analysis and testing of Drake's harm/evidence model

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-68

  Fakunmoju, Sunday Bolanle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Appeal; Credibility; Evidentiary standards; Neglect; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 58149506851     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508320386     Document Type: Article

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