Public attitudes toward the treatment of sex offenders

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-252

  Brown, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0032842364     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532599167879     Document Type: Article

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