Domestic violence and child protection: Partnerships and collaboration

Australian Social Work

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-387

  Potito, Christine ^a   Day, Andrew ^b   Carson, Ed ^a   O'Leary, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child Protection; Collaboration; Domestic Violence; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349582567     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070902964657     Document Type: Article

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