Sexual maltreatment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors from the Horn of Africa: A mixed method study focusing on vulnerability and prevention

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 728-738

  Lay, Margaret ^a   Papadopoulos, Irena ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Child protection; Horn of Africa; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SOMALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; REFUGEES; SEX OFFENSES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73049112900     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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