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Original Articles

Empirical Research on Child Maltreatment and the Law

Gary B. MeltonInstitute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina
,
Gail S. GoodmanDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Davis
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Seth C. KalichmanDepartment of Psychology, Georgia State University
,
Murray LevineDepartment of Psychology and School of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Karen J. SaywitzDepartment of Psychiatry, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
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Gerald P. KoocherDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Pages 47-77 | Published online: 05 May 2014

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