Understanding the causal pathways to child maltreatment: Implications for health and social care policy and practice

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-74

  Munro, Eileen ^a   Taylor, Julie S ^b   Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maltreatment; Prediction; Resilience; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894285533     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.2266     Document Type: Article

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