Sexual assault of people with disabilities: Results of a 2002-2007 national report in Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 969-975

  Lin, Lan Ping ^a   Yen, Chia Feng ^a   Kuo, Fang Yu ^a   Wu, Jia Ling ^b   Lin, Jin Ding ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; People with disabilities; Sexual assault; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHONIA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIMB DEFECT; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; SPEECH DISORDER; TAIWAN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BATTERED WOMEN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES; TAIWAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 64849112308     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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