Sexual Minority Status, Abuse, and Self-Harming Behaviors among Incarcerated Girls

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-185

  Belknap, Joanne ^a   Holsinger, Kristi ^b   Little, Jani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bisexual; child abuse; cutting; delinquents; lesbian; self injury; sexual identity; suicide; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861374207     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2012.671797     Document Type: Article

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