Demographic Correlates and Judicial Determinations of Child Sexual Abuse Offenses

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 55-77

  Tzeng, Oliver C S ^a   Robinson, Rebecca L ^a   Karlson, Henry C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Demographic histories; Judicial determinations; Offender characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033434320     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021330326366     Document Type: Article

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