The impact of type of out-of-court disclosure in a child sexual assault trial

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-334

  Yozwiak, John A ^a   Golding, Jonathan M ^b   Marsil, D F ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Mount Olive College   (United States)

Author keywords

Believability; Child sexual assault; Disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142664517     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559504266518     Document Type: Article

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