Mandated reporting thresholds for community professionals

Child Welfare

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-53

  Crowell, Kathryn ^a   Levi, Benjamin H ^a  

^a PENN STATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864983346     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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