Sexual motives and sentencing judicial discourse in cases of child sexual abuse

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-159

  Macmartin, Clare ^a   Wood, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attribution; Discourse analysis; Sentencing decisions; Sexual abuse; Sexual offenders; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844388969     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X05275735     Document Type: Article

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