Psychological distress and experience of sexual and physical assault among Australian prisoners

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 333-349

  Schneider, Karen ^a   Richters, Juliet ^b   Butler, Tony ^a   Yap, Lorraine ^b   Richards, Alun ^c   Grant, Luke ^d   Smith, Anthony M A ^e   Donovan, Basil ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Department of Corrective Services   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155181666     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: 14712857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.816     Document Type: Article

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