Prevalence and characteristics of sexual violence in the netherlands, the risk of revictimization and pregnancy: Results from a national population survey

Violence and Victims

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 592-608

  de Haas, Stans ^a   van Berlo, Willy ^a   Bakker, Floor ^a   Vanwesenbeeck, Ine ^a  

^a Rutgers WPF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender based violence; Men; Representative sample; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867307111     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.4.592     Document Type: Article

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