Sexual assault prevention for women with intellectual disabilities: A critical review of the evidence

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-262

  Barger, Erin ^a   Wacker, Julia ^b   Macy, Rebecca ^a   Parish, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RAPE; SEX EDUCATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70349993409     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-47.4.249     Document Type: Review

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