History repeating: Child protection responses to domestic violence

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-473

  Humphreys, Cathy ^a   Absler, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child protection; Domestic violence; Failure to protect; Mother blaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054872765     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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