Psychological impact of childhood sexual abuse on male inmates: The importance of perception

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-369

  Fondacaro, Karen M ^a   Holt, John C ^a   Powell, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Department of Corrections ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Inmates perception

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS;

EID: 0032968301     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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