The ‘psychological turn’ in self-help services for sexual abuse victims: Drivers and dilemmas

This article describes an ongoing process of transformation in sexual abuse counselling centres in Norway that involves a new classification of groups of victims. These centres have traditionally operated at the grassroots level and outside the statutory system of services for victims and with an op...

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Main Author: Stefansen, Kari (Author)
Contributors: Dullum, Jane ; Smette, Ingrid
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: International review of victimology
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 80-93
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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