Maltreated children's understanding of and emotional reactions to dependency court involvement

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-117

  Quas, Jodi A ^a   Wallin, Allison R ^a   Horwitz, Briana ^a   Davis, Elizabeth ^a   Lyon, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 59549085979     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.836     Document Type: Article

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