Educator sexual abuse: Two case reports

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-402

  Burgess, Ann Wolbert ^a   Welner, Michael ^b   Willis, Danny G ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Forensic Panel   (United States)

Author keywords

child maltreatment; educator sexual abuse; forensics; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COERCION; CRIMINALS; FACULTY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 77955150178     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2010.495045     Document Type: Article

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