Looking forward and back: Sexual victimization prevention

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-275

  Sisco, Melissa M ^a   Becker, Judith V ^a   Beck, Connie J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Intervention; Personality; Prevention; Sexual victimization; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; VICTIM;

EID: 47049126608     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2008.04.001     Document Type: Review

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