Abused and neglected children in court: Knowledge and attitudes

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 659-670

  Block, Stephanie D ^a   Oran, Howard ^b   Oran, Diane ^c   Baumrind, Nikki ^d   Goodman, Gail S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Effort Oak Park Community Health Center   (United States)

^d California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Dependency court; Legal attitudes; Legal knowledge; Legal participation; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE;

EID: 77956470415     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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