Reducing the risk of being a victim of crime in south Africa: You can tell and be heard!

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-130

  Bornman, Juan ^a   Nelson Bryen, Diane ^b   Kershaw, Priscilla ^a   Ledwaba, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC; Crime; Discrepancy analysis; Multi lingual issues; Risk factors; Vocabulary development; Vulnerable groups

Indexed keywords

AAC; DISCREPANCY ANALYSIS; MULTI-LINGUAL ISSUES; RISK FACTORS; VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABLE GROUPS;

COMMUNICATION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

CRIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBOLISM; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBOLISM; VOCABULARY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79957471416     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2011.566696     Document Type: Article

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