Relationships Among Trauma Exposure, Familial Characteristics, and PTSD: A Case-Control Study of Women in Prison and in the General Population

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-79

  Grella, Christine E ^a   Lovinger, Katherine ^a   Warda, Umme S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

case control study; childhood and adult trauma; family risk and protective factors; posttraumatic stress disorder; substance abuse; women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872027071     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2013.743376     Document Type: Article

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