Finkelhor's precondition model of child sexual abuse: A critique

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-307

  Ward, Tony ^a   Hudson, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Sex offence; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035545161     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160108401799     Document Type: Article

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