The extensive sexual violation and sexual abuse histories of incarcerated women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1090-1127

  McDaniels Wilson, Cathy ^a   Belknap, Joanne ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarcerated women; Sexual victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 51749122454     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208323160     Document Type: Article

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