A decade of international reform to accommodate child witnesses

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 402-422

  Myers, John E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

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EID: 0039932320     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854896023002009     Document Type: Article

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