Childhood victimization and lifetime revictimization

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 785-796

  Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a   Czaja, Sally J ^a   Dutton, Mary Ann ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood victimization; Lifetime revictimization; Lifetime trauma and victimization history; Neglect; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ETHNICITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNAPPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; REVICTIMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; STALKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; VICTIM; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 50449100914     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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