Judicial sentencing in Canadian intimate partner sexual assault cases

Medicine and Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-157

  Du Mont, J ^a   Parnis, D ^b   Forte, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Judicial decisions; Rape; Sentencing; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; INTIMACY; JURISPRUDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

EID: 33645830510     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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