TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - A statewide study of the public attitudes toward child abuse
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Dhooper, S. S.
A1  - Royse, D. D.
A1  - Wolfe, L. C.
SP  - 37
EP  - 44
VL  - 15
IS  - 1-2
N2  - A statewide survey of adults revealed that they are well informed about some aspects of child abuse. They had a generally good intuitive understanding of the characteristics of abused children and child abusers, but a majority seemed to have a "deviance" perspective on child abuse. They considered abusers as abnormal and intractable. While three-quarters of the respondents were aware that they are obligated to report cases of child abuse to the authorities, one-fifth knew someone who had abused a child, but only a third of these actually reported the case.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -