Risk factors for child maltreatment recurrence: An updated systematic review

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 259-277

  White, Oliver G ^a,b   Hindley, Nick ^b,c   Jones, David PH ^c  

^a Bluebird House Secure Forensic Mental Health Service for Young People   (United Kingdom)

^b Thames Valley Community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; re referral; re reporting; recurrence; risk assessment; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84988227808     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: 20421818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0025802414543855     Document Type: Review

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