The court for sexual offences: Perceptions of the perpetrators of sexual offences

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 306-315

  Walker, Stephen P ^a   Louw, Dap A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Perception of sex offenders; Sex court; Sex offenders; Specialist court; Therapeutic jurisprudence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW SUIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRISON; SEXUAL CRIME; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PRISONERS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33745713428     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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