Latinas and Sexual Assault: Towards Culturally Sensitive Assessment and Intervention

Journal of Multicultural Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-157

  Low, Georgiana ^a   Organista, Kurt C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Latinas; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987805765     PISSN: 10428224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J285v08n01_06     Document Type: Article

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