A sexual abuse case study: Children's memories and reports

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-129

  Leander, Lina ^a   Christianson, Sven Å ^b   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DENIAL; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250004885     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.14.1.120     Document Type: Article

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