Interviewing youthful suspects in alleged sex crimes: A descriptive analysis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-438

  Hershkowitz, Irit ^a   Horowitz, Dvora ^b   Lamb, Michael E ^c   Orbach, Yael ^c   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic interviews; Juvenile sexual offenders; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

EID: 2342630533     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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