Sexual and physical abuse: A comparison between lesbians and their heterosexual sisters

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-420

  Stoddard, Joel P ^a   Dibble, Suzanne L ^b   Fineman, Norman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute for Health and Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Lesbian; Perpetrators; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 70349564812     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360902821395     Document Type: Article

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