Constructing Men in Child Protection Work

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-89

  Scourfield, Jonathan B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child abuse; child protection; discourse; masculinity; social construction; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990393440     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X01004001004     Document Type: Article

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