Lay perceptions of child pornography offenders

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-201

  Lam, Anita ^a   Mitchell, Jennifer ^a   Seto, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child pornography; Criminal justice response; Pedophilia; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952087844     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: 19110219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.52.2.173     Document Type: Article

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