Female perpetrators of sexual abuse of minors: What are the consequences for the victims?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Tsopelas, Christos ^a   Tsetsou, Spyridoula ^a   Ntounas, Petros ^a   Douzenis, Athanassios ^b  

^a Psychiatric Hospital of Attika Dafni   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consequences; Female sexual offenders; Sexual offenders; Victims

Indexed keywords

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FRIEND; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; JUVENILE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELATIVE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SEX; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861970454     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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