Jurors' reactions to satanic ritual abuse allegations

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 845-859

  Bottoms, Bette L ^a   Diviak, Kathleen R ^a   Davis, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's testimony; Juror decision making; Satanic ritual abuse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 0030786927     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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