Community characteristics and child sexual assault: Social disorganization and age

Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine, Richard Tewksbury, Lin Huff-Corzine, Jay Corzine and Hollianne Marshall

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2014, vol. 42, issue 2, 173-183

Abstract: This study examines the utility of social disorganization theory as an explanation for community rates of child sexual assault. We explore the sources of preteen (<=12) and teen (13-17) sexual assault victimization.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.06.016

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