Incidences of sexual contacts of children: Impacts of family characteristics and family structure from a national sample

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 650-656

  Leung, Patrick ^a   Curtis, Russell L ^a   Mapp, Susan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse prevalence; Child welfare policy; Family structure; National Health and Social Life Survey; Sexual touching; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953545374     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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