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Peer reviewedCostantino, Cathy – Social Work, 1981
Explores factors behind the lack of effective services for battered women delivered by the social work and legal professions. Proposes a model of multidisciplinary intervention with four basic components: intake, social work intervention, legal intervention, and collaborative activities. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Civil Rights, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention
Peer reviewedBesharov, Douglas J. – Public Interest, 1986
Child advocates have succeeded in getting child abuse recognized as a serious social problem requiring governmental response. Ironically, this success now threatens the viability of child abuse programs: 65 percent of all reports are ultimately dismissed. This flood of unfounded reports violates parental rights and overwhelms the limited resources…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Children
