Lucy McGough panel on battered children and the legal process.
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(Editor's Comment: To deal with the practical aspects of getting child abuse cases into court and deciding them in court, Professor Lucy McGough of the Emory Law School, an authority on juvenile law, organized a panel consisting of a juvenile court solicitor who handles deprivation cases, an attorney who has represented the Department of Family and Children Services in their abuse cases, and a juvenile court judge. Their comments added another dimension to Major Tartler's consideration of the dynamics and treatment of abusing families. J .R.)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
دوره 5 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977