An archival analysis of actual cases of historic child sexual abuse: A comparison of jury and bench trials

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-285

  Read, J Don ^a   Connolly, Deborah A ^a   Welsh, Andrew ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archival; Bench trials; Child sexual abuse; Jury; Mock juror

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COURT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARCHIVES; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 33747590402     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9010-7     Document Type: Article

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