Predicting expert social science testimony in criminal prosecutions of historic child sexual abuse

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-74

  Connolly, Deborah A ^a   Price, Heather L ^a   Read, J Don ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; THREAT;

EID: 32544452234     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X50312     Document Type: Article

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