Child sexual abuse: Community concerns in urban Tanzania

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-217

  Kisanga, Felix ^a   Nystrom, Lennarth ^b   Hogan, Nora ^a   Emmelin, Maria ^b,c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; community perceptions; justice; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953201913     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2011.555356     Document Type: Article

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