Prevalence and processing of child sexual abuse: A multi-data-set analysis of urban and rural counties

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-402

  Ménard, Kim S ^a,b   Ruback, R Barry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case processing; Child sexual abuse; Reporting; Rural urban differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROCESSING; RAPE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041707981     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024084916626     Document Type: Article

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