Youth sex offenders in court: An analysis of judicial sentencing remarks

Punishment and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-394

  Bouhours, Brigitte ^a   Daly, Kathleen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sentencing; Sexual assault; Youth court

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548653778     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474507080473     Document Type: Article

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