Title: Vicarious Victimization and Related Forms of Secondary Traumatization - Criminology - Oxford Bibliographies
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Kelly E. Knight, Colter Ellis, Samuel T. Murphy, Heather Olson, Greer Wagner, Terra Dion, Rachel Gemar
LAST MODIFIED: 26 April 2018
DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195396607-0242
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