Responding to indigenous australian sexual assault: A systematic review of the literature

SAGE Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McCalman, Janya ^a   Bridge, Francesca ^b   Whiteside, Mary ^c   Bainbridge, Roxanne ^a   Tsey, Komla ^a   Jongen, Crystal ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Intimate partner sexual violence; Rape; Sexual abuse; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907298233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013518931     Document Type: Article

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