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Peer reviewedSaunders, Daniel G. – Social Work, 1994
Reviews literature comparing risk that battered women and men who batter will physically abuse their children. Challenges several tenets of social work practice lore and cautions practitioners about use of psychological tests and profiles to judge child abuse potential and parenting ability. Discusses hazards of mediation and joint custody and…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Child Custody, Decision Making
