Pedophiles and cyber-predators as contaminating forces: The language of disgust, pollution, and boundary invasions in federal debates on sex offender legislation

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 529-557

  Lynch, Mona ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036389047     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2002.tb00814.x     Document Type: Review

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