Emotional maltreatment in adolescents' everyday lives: Furthering sociolegal reforms and social service provisions

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-263

  Levesque, Roger J R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL WORK; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031841374     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199821)16:2<237::AID-BSL304>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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