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Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Disabilities

Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Disabilities

Sandamita Choudhury, Sangeeta Goswami
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522539582|ISBN10: 1522539581|EISBN13: 9781522539599
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3958-2.ch013
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MLA

Choudhury, Sandamita, and Sangeeta Goswami. "Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Disabilities." Social, Psychological, and Forensic Perspectives on Sexual Abuse, edited by Rejani Thudalikunnil Gopalan, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3958-2.ch013

APA

Choudhury, S. & Goswami, S. (2018). Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Disabilities. In R. Gopalan (Ed.), Social, Psychological, and Forensic Perspectives on Sexual Abuse (pp. 179-196). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3958-2.ch013

Chicago

Choudhury, Sandamita, and Sangeeta Goswami. "Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Disabilities." In Social, Psychological, and Forensic Perspectives on Sexual Abuse, edited by Rejani Thudalikunnil Gopalan, 179-196. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3958-2.ch013

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Abstract

The chapter addresses the concept of sexual abuse among individual with disabilities across lifespan, barriers to reporting of sexual abuse, its impact on the psychological and physical health, characteristics of perpetuators of sexual abuse, importance of family in prevention and protection of individuals with disability.

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