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Child Abuse in the Deep South : Geographical Modifiers of Abuse Characteristics /
The recognition of child abuse as a troubling social and public health problem along with the documentation required by mandatory reporting laws have made possible the epidemiological investigation of risk factors association with child abuse. Child Abuse in the Deep South is a study of physical and...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
Published for the Institute for Social Science Research by the University of Alabama Press,
1988.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | The recognition of child abuse as a troubling social and public health problem along with the documentation required by mandatory reporting laws have made possible the epidemiological investigation of risk factors association with child abuse. Child Abuse in the Deep South is a study of physical and sexual child abuse designed to measure the incidence of child abuse and neglect in the state of Alabama, identify the characteristics of confirmed abuse, and test the hypothesis that community size is a key, predictive variable in the surveillance, reporting, and caseworker determination of abuse. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (175 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780817389857 |