Weighing evidence in sexual abuse evaluations: An introduction to Bayes's theorem

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Wood, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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EID: 6844229722     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559596001001004     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. (1990). Guidelines for psychosocial evaluation of suspected sexual abuse in young children. Chicago: Author.
2. Bayes.T. (1763). An essay towards solving a problem in thedoctrine of chances. Philosophical Transadions of the Royal Society, 53, 370.
3. Berliner, L., & Conte.J. R. (1993). Sexual abuse evaluations: Conceptual and empirical obstacles. Child Abuse and Neglect, 17, 111-125.