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Child Abuse: A Social Interactional Analysis

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One of the jurors covered her mouth in horror at the sight of 7-year-old Daniel Brownell. Tears dampened the eyes of other jurors and many of the spectators.

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Burgess, R.L. (1979). Child Abuse: A Social Interactional Analysis. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9802-8_5

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