- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Law enforcement training in child abuse and neglect and their investigative performance, 1989
- Creator:
- Lane, Sandra
- Date of Original:
- 1989-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The overall objective of this study was to present information relating to law enforcement training in child abuse and neglect and their investigative performance. To attain this objective, the following areas were addressed by the researcher: (a) investigating child abuse and neglect cases, (b) investigating child neglect cases, (c) investigating physical abuse cases, (c) investigating sexual abuse cases, and (d) investigative difficulties. A comparative study design was used to compare group one (specialized child abuse unit) to group two (non-specialized unit). There was no significant difference found between trained law enforcement officers in the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases and non-trained officers.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_lane_sandra
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
