A culture of denial: Exploring professional perspectives on female sex offending

Canadian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 303-329

  Denov, Myriam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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