Child witch hunts in contemporary Ghana

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 741-752

  Adinkrah, Mensah ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Child abuse; Child neglect; Child witches; Ghana; Witch hunts; Witchcraft; Witches

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD NEGLECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STIGMA; TORTURE; VICTIM; WITCHCRAFT;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRISTIANITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEWSPAPERS; PREJUDICE; SUPERSTITIONS; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 80053584423     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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