Child pornography legislation in Canada: Its history and current developments

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-170

  Curry, Ann ^a   Maggio, Lauren ^a   Nishimura, Sunni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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