The marginalisation of children by the legal process

Australian Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-39

  Sheehan, Rosemary ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child protection; Children's Courts; Judicial decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050830959     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0312-407X.2003.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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