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Eckenrode, John; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
A sample of 796 New York sexual abuse reports was studied to explore factors associated with substantiation of the reports following an investigation. Substantiation rates increased with the child's age, and reports were more likely to be substantiated when they involved female children or came from a mandated source. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Correlation, Credibility
