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. 1998 Jan;68(1):101-7.
doi: 10.1037/h0080274.

Rush to judgment? Child protective services and allegations of sexual abuse

M Levine  1 , H J Doueck, J B Freeman, C Compaan
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Rush to judgment? Child protective services and allegations of sexual abuse

M Levine et al. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

Two hundred and ninety-three randomly selected cases from a child protection service agency in a large western New York county were examined to test the hypothesis that sexual abuse allegations are investigated and processed more intensively than cases alleging other types of maltreatment. Contrary to the hypothesis, allegations of sexual abuse were substantiated at a lower rate, not investigated more intensively, and not offered more services than were other cases.

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