Localities, social services and child abuse: The role of community characteristics in social services allocation and child abuse reporting

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-543

  Ben Arieh, Asher ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Community characteristics; Social organization; Social services availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949106878     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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