Mock jurors' evaluations of child sexual abuse: The impact of memory recovery and therapeutic intervention

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Tetford, Iris ^b   Schuller, Regina A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0029904297     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199621)14:2<205::AID-BSL232>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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