Confronting America's most ignored crime problem: The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 354-360

  Dumond, Robert W ^a,b  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Improved Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141894288     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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