'Setting 'em up': Personal, familial and institutional grooming in the sexual abuse of children

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-362

  McAlinden, Anne Marie ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grooming; Institutional grooming; Sexual abuse; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747610635     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663906066613     Document Type: Article

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