Can the punishment fit the crime when suspects confess child sexual abuse?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 815-827

  Faller, Kathleen Coulborn ^a   Birdsall, William C ^a   Vandervort, Frank ^b   Henry, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal prosecution; Sentencing; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PUNISHMENT; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; PUNISHMENT; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33746057853     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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