Maltreated and nonmaltreated children's knowledge of the juvenile dependency court system

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-260

  Cooper, Alexia ^a   Wallin, Allison R ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^a   Lyon, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent development; Interviewing children; Legal aspects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JURISPRUDENCE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954856831     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559510364056     Document Type: Article

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