Prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among incarcerated males in county jail

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-86

  Johnson, Regina J ^a   Ross, Michael W ^b   Taylor, Wendell C ^b   Williams, Mark L ^b   Carvajal, Raul I ^c   Peters, Ronald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Harris County Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Child maltreatment; Childhood sexual abuse; Incarcerated males; Sexual abuse males; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PUBERTY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TEXAS;

EID: 31344464890     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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