The extent of children's knowledge of court as estimated by guardians ad litem

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-286

  Eltringham, Simon ^a   Aldridge, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Court; Guardians ad litem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892037047     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0852(200007/08)9:4<275::AID-CAR618>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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