Victims speak: Comparing child sexual abusers’ and child victims’ accounts, perceptions, and interpretations of sexual abuse

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-174

  Davidson, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame attribution; Child sexual abuse; Child victims accounts; Qualitative research; Sex offender denial

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249131383     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600626114     Document Type: Article

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