"Has also been published as Child & youth services, volume 15, number 2, 1991"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The social construction of child abuse and "false allegations" / Michael Robin -- Child abuse and neglect reporting and investigation : policy guidelines for decision making / Douglas Besharov -- Unsubstantiated reports : perspectives of child protection workers / Jeanne M. Giovannoni -- Responding to reports of child abuse and neglect / Susan J. Wells, Jane Downing, John Fluke -- Investigating allegations of child maltreatment : the strengths and limitations of current risk assessment systems / Peter J. Pecora -- Beyond validation interviews : an assessment approach to evaluating sexual abuse allegations / Michael Robin -- Was there really child sexual abuse or is there another explanation? / Kevin B. McGovern
Is it (or is it not) sexual abuse? : the medical examiner's dilemma / Joyce A. Adams -- False and unsubstantiated sexual abuse allegations : clinical issues / Kathleen May Quinn -- Multiple perspectives : factors related to differential diagnosis of sex abuse and divorce trauma in children under six / A. Margaret Eastman, Thomas J. Moran -- Factors contributing to false allegations of child sexual abuse in custody disputes / Arthur H. Green -- Alleging psychological impairment of the accuser to defend oneself against a child abuse allegation : a manifestation of wife battering and false accusation / Catherine C. Ayoub ... [et al.] -- Maltreatment in family foster homes : dynamics and dimensions / Emily Jean McFadden, Patricia Ryan
Child abuse and neglect reports in foster care : the issue for foster families of "false" allegations / Rosemarie Carbino -- Unfounded allegations of child abuse in the United Kingdom : a survey of foster parents' reactions to investigative procedures / Carolyn Hicks, Stephen Nixon