Assessing the possibility of a pedophilia panic and contagion effect between france and the united states

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-254

  Neuilly, Melanie Angela ^a   Zgoba, Kristen ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Policy and Planning   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; France; Moral panic; Pedophilia; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649107093     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600626122     Document Type: Article

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