The children's court and child protection: The primacy of the socio-legal response to child abuse

Australian Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 5-10

  Sheehan, Rosemary ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85023975824     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124079908416190     Document Type: Article

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