Child Maltreatment Reports in Israel: The Intersection Between Community Socioeconomic Characteristics and Ethnicity

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Sulimani Aidan, Yafit ^a   Benbenishty, Rami ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab children; Child maltreatment; Child welfare services; Jewish children; Poverty; Protective service responses, public disclosure of abuse; Voluntary family intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872575166     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12009     Document Type: Article

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