The child sexual abuser: Perceptions of college students and professionals

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-280

  Fuselier, Daniel A ^a   Durham, Robert L ^a   Wurtele, Sandy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; behaviors; child sexual abuse; cognitions; demographics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0036631508     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320201400306     Document Type: Article

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