"A counterfeit friendship": Mate crime and people with learning disabilities

Journal of Adult Protection

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 355-366

  Landman, Roderick Andrew ^a  

^a ARC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Hate crime; Learning intellectual disabilities; Mate crime; Safeguarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917680577     PISSN: 14668203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JAP-10-2013-0043     Document Type: Article

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