The Court for Sexual Offences: Perceptions of the victims of sexual offences

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-245

  Walker, Stephen P ^a   Louw, Dap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; JUSTICE; PERCEPTION; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL CRIME; SOUTH AFRICA; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20544462285     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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