A matched cohort comparison of a criminal justice system's response to child sexual abuse: A profile of perpetrators

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 569-577

  Cullen, Bernard J ^a   Hull Smith, Peg ^b   Funk, Jeanne B ^b   Haaf, Robert A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Matched cohorts; Perpetrators; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0343819902     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(00)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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