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Direct linkSegal, Uma A.; Iwai, Yoshiko – Children & Society, 2004
Japan passed its Child Abuse Prevention Act on 20 November 2000. In these early years following the passage of this Act, it is especially important to attempt to define what constitutes child abuse. Definitions and practical responses may be coloured by perceptions of service providers, and since professional culture is believed to influence…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Physicians, Foreign Countries, Lawyers
