Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Review of Terms, Definitions, and Prevalence

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 316-335

  Bagwell Gray, Meredith E ^a   Messing, Jill Theresa ^a   Baldwin White, Adrienne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

definitions; domestic violence; intimate partner sexual violence; intimate partner violence; prevalence; rape; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84931446003     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838014557290     Document Type: Review

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