Frequencies of child abuse in Japan: Hidden but prevalent crime

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-33

  Kitamura, Toshinori ^a   Kijima, Nobuhiko ^b   Iwata, Noboru ^c   Senda, Yukiko ^d   Takahashi, Koji ^d   Hayashi, Ikue ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Natl Inst of Voc Rehabilitation   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; HUMAN; JAPAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032938182     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X99431003     Document Type: Article

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