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Detecting and Reporting Child Abuse: A Function of the Human Service Delivery System

A 1990 journal article from Western Michigan University Digital Commons examines how human-service delivery systems are involved in identifying and reporting child abuse.

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Illustrative image: Kindesmissbrauch in der Kirche — Christian Seebauer/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Categories: public-health, politics-and-governance

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
2/10
Geographic reach
1/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
5/10
Urgency
1/10

Why it matters

Research on detection and reporting can inform social-service and healthcare practice around child protection.

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