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Rape trauma syndrome
Author(s) -
Burgess Ann Wolbert
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370010310
Subject(s) - medicine , poison control , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychology
The relationship of rape trauma syndrome to the official diagnostic nomenclature of Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder in the DSM‐III is extensively discussed. The theoretical and practical clinical issues involved in rape trauma are reviewed as well as the early court rulings on the admissibility of rape trauma syndrome in criminal and civil cases.