"14. Child maltreatment, the law, and two types of error." by Thomas D. Lyon

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14. Child maltreatment, the law, and two types of error.

Child Maltreatment (2023)

Thomas D. Lyon, University of Southern California Law School

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Abstract

This is an invited commentary for the special issue of Child Maltreatment regarding legal intervention in child maltreatment cases. I discuss the tradeoffs between false positives and false negatives in determining whether children have been abused.

Disciplines

Criminal Law,
Evidence,
Law and Philosophy,
Child Psychology and
Developmental Psychology

Publication Date

Spring May 17, 2023

Citation Information

Lyon, T.D. (2023) Child maltreatment, the law, and two types of error. Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 403-406.