Mad, Bad, or Victim? Making Sense of Mother–Daughter Sexual Abuse

feminist criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-302

  Peter, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

female perpetrated sexual abuse; mother daughter sexual abuse; survivor narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849273800     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085106292779     Document Type: Article

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