Pulling Strings Doesn't Work in Court: Moving Beyond Puppetry in the Relationship between Prosecutors and Rape Survivors

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-28

  Konradi, Amanda ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Court; Emotion; Prosecution; Sexual assault; Witness preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634998     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009425501358     Document Type: Article

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