Procedural justice in victim-police interactions and victims' recovery from victimisation experiences

Policing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 588-601

  Elliott, Irina ^a   Thomas, Stuart ^b   Ogloff, James ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

procedural justice; therapeutic jurisprudence; victim police interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926021913     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.784309     Document Type: Article

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