Rape law reform in Canada: The success and limits of legislation

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 258-270

  Tang, Kwong Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CRIMINOLOGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PUNISHMENT; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0031708563     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9804200307     Document Type: Review

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