Managing the legal proceedings: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of sexually abused children's experience with the legal process

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-57

  Back, Christina ^a   Gustafsson, Per A ^a   Larsson, IngBeth ^a   Berterö, Carina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Legal process; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; MEMORY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951725182     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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