Negotiating contradictions: Sexual abuse counseling with imprisoned women

Women and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 117-133

  Pollack, Shoshana ^a   Brezina, Kerry ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Odyssey House   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Female offenders; Imprisoned women; Sexual abuse counselling; Women's imprisonment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249095786     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v29n03_07     Document Type: Article

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