Prevalence and patterns of sexual assault across the life span among incarcerated women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 528-541

  Raj, Anita ^a   Rose, Jennifer ^b   Decker, Michele R ^c   Rosengard, Cynthia ^b   Hebert, Megan R ^b   Stein, Michael ^b   Clarke, Jennifer G ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarcerated women; Intimate partner violence; Sexual assault; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149190048     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208315528     Document Type: Article

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