Sexual child abuse in a defined Swedish area 1993-97: A population-based survey

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 483-493

  Carlstedt, Anita ^a   Forsman, Anders ^a   Soderstrom, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

crimes; epidemiology; perpetrators; sanctions; victims

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MEMORY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INCEST; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INCEST; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035486658     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010287100679     Document Type: Review

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