Who’s on trial? The slow journey down an important road to victim‐centred law reform in sexual assault cases

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Sarre, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

EID: 0033428068     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719909524960     Document Type: Article

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