The impact of perpetrator gender on male and female police officers’ perceptions of child sexual abuse

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-318

  Kite, Donna ^a   Tyson, G A ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT; RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 11144337591     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2004.11.2.308     Document Type: Article

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