Nobody's Child: The Role of Trauma and Interpersonal Violence in Women's Pathways to Incarceration and Resultant Service Needs

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-104

  Fuentes, Catherine Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Incarceration; Interpersonal violence; Jail; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCARCERATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

GENDER; INCARCERATION; INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE; JAIL; TRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897057981     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12058     Document Type: Article

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