Violence against girls provokes girls' violence: From private injury to public harm

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1229-1248

  Schaffner, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Juvenile justice; Violence against girls

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 36148938272     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207309881     Document Type: Article

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