The relationship between child sexual abuse and female delinquency and crime: A prospective study

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-94

  Siegel, Jane A ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female crime; Female delinquency; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGLECT; OFFENDER; PROSTITUTION; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037307424     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427802239254     Document Type: Article

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