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Peer reviewedGilbert, Neil – Society, 1994
Deliberations about social policy often center on estimates of harm or benefit generated by different interest groups. Problems in what is measured and how it is measured are illustrated by a discussion of research into sexual abuse and rape. Advocacy research is an unreliable foundation for social policy formation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Abuse, Computation, Data Collection
